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

Maros Sefcovic, who led post-Brexit negotiations for the EU, suggested the UK's inclusion in the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention is 'something we could consider'

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).