'A fantasy': EU leaders dismiss UK's post-Brexit customs plan

Proposals for new arrangement given short shrift, with Czechs unhappy at idea of UK signing trade deals in transition periodEU leaders have poured cold water on Britain’s hopes of being able to sign trade deals with non-EU countries during a Brexit transition period, with one describing the UK’s opening gambit for trade negotiations as a “fantasy”.The British government published proposals on Tuesday for “a new customs arrangement that facilitates the freest and mos