The European Union prohibits Britain’s attempts to join the European Trading Bloc

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The British government hopes to join a European trading zone to reduce the challenges of the supply chain after Britain’s exit from the European Union of goods in the United Kingdom by Brussels, according to officials on both sides.

The UK has announced that it was considering whether it would join the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean agreement as part of its new commercial strategy that was published last week, on the pretext that it could help enhance goods exports in the UK.

However, the UK UNHCR has made it clear that it will not currently support such a step, according to four people familiar with the discussions, in a move, the officials were “frustrated” London.

The blockage is the first sign of friction between the United Kingdom and the European Union since both sides I announced “reset” From their relationship at a summit on May 18, he promised to improve energy trading arrangements and sign the so -called veterinary agreement to remove checks on agricultural business exports.

The PEM Agreement is an agreement between the European Union and 20 other countries in Africa and the Middle East that allows inputs to manufacture supply chains in all countries in order to qualify to obtain access to low markets in free trade agreements.

Joining PEM is a step supported by commercial groups in the United Kingdom, including British Chambers. According to the United Kingdom’s trade strategy, which was published last week, it can reduce “complex paper works” and “increase the flexibility for the UK’s exporters where they export their inputs.

European Union officials familiar with the discussion said that the committee decided that the United Kingdom, which joined PEM, was currently not in the interests of the European Union, because it would increase the risk of unlikely qualified products to reach the low range to the bloc.

Sir Kerr Starmer has ruled out the re -joining the European Union’s unified market or to re -enter a customs union with the European Union, but the industry prompted the government to consider joining the PEM agreement as a temporary step to assist the exporters of goods.

Trade experts said that the UK will need cooperation in the European Union to join the agreement because it will require rewriting the conditions of the current commercial deal of the European Union-although PEM is not exclusive to the European Union.

“To be meaningful to the United Kingdom, the European Union will need to agree to integrate PEM rules in the European Union Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This gives the European Union ban authorities,” said Sam Loui, the commercial forefront of the Flint International Consulting.

Brussels previously indicated that he was open to the UK to join PEM, but since then he was cold on the idea, on the pretext that he wanted to stick to the proposed agreements in the “common understanding” between the two sides at the May 18 summit.

In 2023, it was PeM projectile As a solution to continue the definitions after Britain’s exit from the European Union on electric cars, while European Union Trade Commissioner Marus Ofvik said in January this year.

David Henig, a former UK trade negotiator now at the ECIPE Center, said that the European Union’s committee’s reluctance to show the ongoing political challenge of reforming relations with the bloc.

He said: “The European Union does not challenge the importance of resetting the United Kingdom and can easily fall into this matter, despite the fact that it is technically clear.” “The UK government will have to work hard in London and Brussels to build momentum.”

Separately, at another point of tension, the European Union still demands the full implementation of the Windsor Framework on Northern Ireland before any veterinary agreement that will remove the need for most checks on the goods that cross the Irish Sea.

The last stage of Windsor Framework entered into force on July 1. Last week Implementation as “bureaucratic madness”, The saying that it requires 1000 products to have “not for the European Union” stickers, and another 400 will have to undergo complete customs checks.

“It cannot come soon enough,” Machin added, but European Union officials said that the committee is “very firm” that the deal must be fully implemented before any veterinary agreement in the European Union.

Those familiar with the industry said that European Minister of Relations Nick Thomas-Simmonds called supermarkets to a meeting in Whiteon last Thursday to urge them to comply with the deal or the risk of danger to the veterinary agreement.

The European Union has repeatedly raised fears that many large supermarkets in the UK are not fully compatible with the bases.

The committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The UK government said it is committed to the full implementation of the Windsor framework and will decrease the advantages of joining PEM by participating with members of the trading group, including the European Union.

The Cabinet Office added: “We will not provide a current comment on our continuous discussions with the European Union.”