The UK in a Changing Europe blog:
Florence speech falls short on the details of a bespoke arrangement with the EU
27 September 2017
Article by Swati Dhingra and Josh De Lyon. On trade, the PM reiterated that the UK would be outside the Single Market and the Customs Union after Brexit. The UK would not pursue off-the-shelf arrangements, like those of Norway and Canada, as models for a future trade deal with the EU. The PM acknowledged that the Norway model would provide high levels of market access but it would also require free movement of people and adopting many of EU’s rules (without having a say in them). The Canada model would overcome these two issues, but it would not go very far in maintaining market access, particularly in services trade.