Donald Trump’s ambassador vows to do the quickest trade deal ever with Britain after Brexit
DONALD Trump will do the quickest trade deal ever with Britain after Brexit, his US ambassador has promised. Woody Johnson said ahead of the US President’s trip to the UK this week that it will be done “as expeditiously as any agreement we’ve ever had”. And he said as much work was being done as […]
DONALD Trump will do the quickest trade deal ever with Britain after Brexit, his US ambassador has promised.
Woody Johnson said ahead of the US President’s trip to the UK this week that it will be done “as expeditiously as any agreement we’ve ever had”.
And he said as much work was being done as was possible before we officially leave the EU – so everything’s ready.
Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, he said: “We’re going to have a great relationship with your country regardless of what happens.
“People are ready to go.
“It’s on the President’s desk, day one, the minute we leave.
“We’re getting everything lined up so when the time comes, we’re ready to go.”
But he worried some Brits by saying that food standards would have to be accepted for a deal to be done with the US.
“There’s going to have to be a deal where you give the British a choice,” he said. “Agriculture is very important.
“If they like it, they can buy it. If they don’t want it, they don’t have to buy it.”
Chlorinated chicken – which has proved controversial for the differing standards in the US – would have to be included in that, he said.
He insisted it was still safe to eat.
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And he said that everything had to be on the table in trade deal talks – possibly even the NHS and our world-famous services.
“Your national health care service is the pride of the country… I would think the entire economy in a trade deal, all things traded, would be on the table.”
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