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The World Tonight: Government reveals plans for customs controls after Brexit

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15/08/2017

Government reveals plans for customs controls after Brexit

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, Government reveals plans for customs controls after Brexit

Business reaction to government's plans for 'a customs union' not 'THE customs union'.

The government says it will propose an "innovative and untested approach" to customs checks as part of its Brexit negotiations. 
But are businesses feeling reassured by the plans? 
President Trump again blames "both sides" for violent unrest in Charlottesville
Plus, the Australian High Commissioner on the dual nationality crisis poisoning relations with New Zealand 

(Photo: British Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis. Credit: Getty).

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