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title: "21 Customs Union Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Customs Union quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Customs Union sayings and thoughts."
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> [Being outside the customs union would mean masses of new red tape, a desperate scramble for trade agreements and the re-emergence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/being-outside-the-customs-union-would-mean-masses-of-new-red-tape-a/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

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> [It is unfair to ask Turkey to make a unilateral concession to take goods from Cyprus within the customs union when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-babacan/it-is-unfair-to-ask-turkey-to-make-a-unilateral-concession-to-take/)

[Ali Babacan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-babacan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/ali-babacan-24439_ask_it-is-unfair-to-ask-turkey-to-make-a-uni_1471647.png)

> [The reality is that no Brexit deal can be achieved if Northern Ireland is never allowed to leave the Customs Union.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-mordaunt/the-reality-is-that-no-brexit-deal-can-be-achieved-if-northern/)

[Penny Mordaunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-mordaunt/)

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> [Our destiny is as a global beacon of free trade and we cannot deliver that while bound to the declining E.U. and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priti-patel/our-destiny-is-as-a-global-beacon-of-free-trade-and-we-cannot-deliver/)

[Priti Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priti-patel/)

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> [Mercosur is a customs union of poor quality that creates trade distortions and hurts its members.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-milei/mercosur-is-a-customs-union-of-poor-quality-that-creates-trade/)

[Javier Milei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-milei/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/javier-milei-6063_china_mercosur-is-a-customs-union-of-poor-qual_251451.jpg)

> [A jobs-first Brexit deal means remaining in the single market and customs union.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-kendall/a-jobs-first-brexit-deal-means-remaining-in-the-single-market-and/)

[Liz Kendall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-kendall/)

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> [The Single Market and Customs Union is not a true 'free' market. It is designed to suit the E.U. insiders, not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priti-patel/the-single-market-and-customs-union-is-not-a-true-free-market-it-is/)

[Priti Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priti-patel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/priti-patel-5077_free_the-single-market-and-customs-union-is-n_1899992.jpg)

> [Turkey has a customs union with the E.U. - it still means there are checks on the border between Turkey and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-grayling/turkey-has-a-customs-union-with-the-e-u-it-still-means-there-are/)

[Chris Grayling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-grayling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/chris-grayling-5175_between_turkey-has-a-customs-union-with-the-e-u_1335450.jpg)

> [We already heard from President Macron saying he won't let Britain leave the customs union until we get access to their fishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crispin-blunt/we-already-heard-from-president-macron-saying-he-won-t-let-britain/)

[Crispin Blunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crispin-blunt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/966/crispin-blunt-8906_europe_we-already-heard-from-president-macron-s_675118.jpg)

> [Are we really going to accept the situation where the government of Lithuania has more power over our trading relationship with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-grayling/are-we-really-going-to-accept-the-situation-where-the-government-of/)

[Chris Grayling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-grayling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/chris-grayling-5175_government_are-we-really-going-to-accept-the-situat_1490327.jpg)

> [We should advocate that the North should stay in the customs union and the single market and that any customs checks should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-varadkar/we-should-advocate-that-the-north-should-stay-in-the-customs-union/)

[Leo Varadkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-varadkar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cd/leo-varadkar-6317_borders_we-should-advocate-that-the-north-should_1999535.jpg)

> [I hope the unionist parties, for example, who would be keen to protect and preserve the Union would see that it's much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-varadkar/i-hope-the-unionist-parties-for-example-who-would-be-keen-to-protect/)

[Leo Varadkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-varadkar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/leo-varadkar-6317_hope_i-hope-the-unionist-parties-for-example_1246009.jpg)

> [I cannot conceive of circumstances where Labour MPs are marshalled to go through the lobby to vote against us staying in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-soubry/i-cannot-conceive-of-circumstances-where-labour-mps-are-marshalled-to/)

[Anna Soubry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-soubry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/anna-soubry-9246_circumstances_i-cannot-conceive-of-circumstances-where_2102008.jpg)

> [By remaining inside a customs union and the single market in a transitional phase we would be certain that goods and services…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keir-starmer/by-remaining-inside-a-customs-union-and-the-single-market-in-a/)

[Keir Starmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keir-starmer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/keir-starmer-4888_continue_by-remaining-inside-a-customs-union-and_3156105.jpg)

> [We were right to make the case for the U.K. to negotiate a comprehensive customs union with the E.U. And we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keir-starmer/we-were-right-to-make-the-case-for-the-u-k-to-negotiate-a/)

[Keir Starmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keir-starmer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/keir-starmer-4888_balance_we-were-right-to-make-the-case-for-the-u_1177625.jpg)

> [One of the reasons people voted to leave the E.U. is so that we could have the freedom to strike trade deals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priti-patel/one-of-the-reasons-people-voted-to-leave-the-e-u-is-so-that-we-could/)

[Priti Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priti-patel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/priti-patel-5077_could_one-of-the-reasons-people-voted-to-leave_1344185.jpg)

> [We have established the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union not by force, but through a compromise. It was a challenging,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/we-have-established-the-customs-union-and-the-eurasian-economic-union/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/vladimir-putin-261_acceptable_we-have-established-the-customs-union-an_2807532.jpg)

> [I should also say that apart from the negotiations that are taking place within the WTO, we are ourselves involved in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-should-also-say-that-apart-from-the-negotiations-that-are-taking/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/thabo-mbeki-2259_agreement_i-should-also-say-that-apart-from-the-ne_852311.png)

> [Turkey has had a customs union with Europe since 1996, and there's free trade in everything other than farm products and services.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-mango/turkey-has-had-a-customs-union-with-europe-since-1996-and-there-s/)

[Andrew Mango](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-mango/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/andrew-mango-30965_electric_turkey-has-had-a-customs-union-with-euro_2341031.jpg)

> [“There is one possibility left,’ he wrote on Christmas Day 1913, 40 years ahead of his time, ‘an industrial customs union, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/there-is-one-possibility-left-he-wrote-on-christmas-day-1913-40-years/)

[Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/)

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> [We think it is possible to get the benefits of a customs union but still have the flexibility for the U.K. to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lidington/we-think-it-is-possible-to-get-the-benefits-of-a-customs-union-but/)

[David Lidington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lidington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/david-lidington-7277_europe_we-think-it-is-possible-to-get-the-benef_2985492.jpg)

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