Turkey’s experience shows the challenges facing a non-member state in a formal customs arrangement with the EU. Post-Brexit Britain should seek a more intimate arrangement with the EU.
About the author
Fadi Hakura is a consulting fellow in the Europe Programme at Chatham House where he manages the Turkey Project. Before joining Chatham House in 2005, he qualified as a solicitor in the City of London. Prior to this he completed an internship at the European Commission and worked in the World Bank’s office in Brussels.
He regularly comments on Turkish affairs and has given interviews to several international media organizations, including Al-Jazeera, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Guardian and Reuters.