On Friday, the British Cabinet met in Chequers, the Prime
Minister's country retreat, to agree among itself, a position
to propose to the EU27 on its intended future relationship with the
EU after Brexit. A mere two years after the referendum. Key points
involved agreeing to maintain a "common rulebook" for all
goods and agricultural products and the establishment of a
"combined customs territory", under which the UK would
apply its own, possibly lower, tariffs and policies for goods for
the domestic market, and EU tariffs and policies for goods entering
the EU. These, the Cabinet considered, would go some way to
enabling the UK to maintain a frictionless, or close to
frictionless, border in Ireland and mainland Europe, while giving
it an independent trade policy, particularly in relation to
services. On jurisdiction, the UK would pay "due regard"
to EU case law in respect of the common rulebook, but would not
technically be bound by its decisions, nor would the ECJ
