EU open to free trade but not Chequers customs plan - document

EU negotiators are ready to offer Theresa May a free-trade area after Brexit but say that, contrary to her "Chequers" plan, there must be a customs border that will make trade less than "frictionless", according to an internal EU document seen by Reuters on Tuesday.The document -- three pages of "defensive points" for EU officials to make against the UK prime minister's July proposal on future ties with the bloc -- may offer May some comfort in showing a readiness to seal a free trade agreement