Political correspondents in the Commons wrote that a number of Conservative rebels were seen to be herded into the offices of party managers and warned that if they backed Hammond's measure it would lead to a general election.
Hammond said in the Commons that with a heavy heart he was proceeding with his proposal for a new clause to the trade bill.
The Guardian newspaper described extraordinary scenes in the House of Commons with government trade minister George Hollingbery engaged in open negotiations with the customs union rebels, urging them to back down.
Labor MP, Chuka Umunna criticized four Brexit-supporting Labor MPs who voted in the final key vote. Had the four joined their Labor colleagues in the voting lobby, May would have faced a massive defeat.
Umunna said the four had helped May avoid a humiliating reverse over the customs union vote.
Labor's Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer said: "It was a very significant defeat for the government tonight on European medicines regulation amendment and a near miss on customs union amendment."
He said: "The margin is closing on these votes and we will keep at it."
Meanwhile plans by the government to close parliament on Thursday for its summer recess rather than next week were abandoned.
Speaker of the Commons John Bercow said parliament would now be in session next Monday and Tuesday.
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