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Liam Fox has also reaffirmed his opposition to the UK staying in the customs union for good, saying that would "not be delivering Brexit", the BBC reports.
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Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, has said that other countries are to blame for the fact that the UK does not have alternative trade deals ready by 29 March to replace the existing 40 EU ones that will lapse if the UK leaves without a deal. Asked about this revelation in today's Financial Times (see 10.57am), he said:
[The agreements are] not just dependent on the UK. Our side is ready. It is largely dependent on whether other countries believe that there will be no deal, and are willing to put the work into the preparations.
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