Maros Sefcovic, the EU's trade commissioner, has said Brussels could let the UK into the Pan Euro Mediterranean Convention, which makes it easier for members to trade

Britain rejoining the Pan Euro Mediterranean Convention is up for discussion in reset talks according to the new EU trade chief

A top Brussels bureaucrat has claimed the EU should “consider” letting the UK join a tariff-free customs scheme. However, given Sir Keir Starmer’s red lines on the Single Market and Customs Union, the EU’s new trade chief Maros Sefcovic stresseed such an agreement would represent membership of the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention (PEM).

EU could consider UK joining pan-Europe customs deal, says Sefcovic - Maros Sefcovic said the UK joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention is ‘something we could consider’.