In July 2017, Corbyn said that Britain could not remain in the European Single Market after leaving the EU, saying that membership of the single market was "dependent on membership of the EU", although it includes some non-EU countries.[261][262] Shadow Minister Barry Gardiner later suggested that Corbyn meant that Labour interpreted the referendum result as wanting to leave the single market.[263][264] Corbyn said that Labour would campaign for an alternative arrangement involving "tariff free access"[262] In January 2018, Corbyn reiterated that Labour would not seek to keep the UK in the Single Market after Brexit.[265]