British PM May Gets New Customs Idea as Party Bickers Over Brexit

British PM May Gets New Customs Idea as Party Bickers Over Brexit
A combined United Kingdom and European Union flag flies outside the Palace of Westminster in London, Britain, June 28, 2018. Reuters/Toby Melville
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LONDON—British Prime Minister Theresa May’s advisers have come up with a new proposal for handling customs with the EU after Brexit as lawmakers in her party bicker before a crunch meeting of senior ministers on Friday.

With less than nine months left before the country leaves the European Union, little is clear about how trade will flow as May is still trying to produce a customs plan that her divided Conservative Party can agree on.