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But talks quickly ran into trouble over the tricky question of achieving a common tariff policy.
The common tariff is to be based on an arithmetical average of existing tariffs.
They would also have to adopt the EU's common tariff on non-EU goods.
A common tariff, the Prussian Tariff of 1818, shielded the member states from foreign competition, but free trade was the rule internally.
The prime minister has insisted that the UK will leave the common tariff area so it can pursue free trade deals outside the EU.
This means that a reversion to WTO rules and the common tariff schedules is the most likely scenario for the UK.
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A free-trade zone with common tariffs is a customs union.
As Bloomberg reminds us, the customs union is essentially about common tariffs.
It allows free trade between countries inside it and allows imports in to the area by setting common tariffs.
In other areas, co-operation is diminishing: bureaucrats discussing issues such as common tariffs and banking arrangements find the bitterness has spread to their political masters.
Speaking in the Mac arts theatre in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter, Ramsey said: "The customs union is looking at the trade in goods and common tariffs coming into that area.
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