Call today (17.1.2025) the Prime Minister of Britain, to the new president of the United States, to negotiate a trade agreement, through interviews with Politico and Financial Times. “Our ambition is to conclude a kind of agreement with the US, a trade agreement. This is what we focus on,” said Kir Starmer, three days before Donald Trump’s inauguration. CORVERSE After leaving the European Union on 1 January 2021, Britain seeks to conclude a large, transatlantic free trade agreement. At present, however, it remains only ambition, because London is reluctant to open its market to certain American products, particularly agricultural products. Trump’s first government was prepared to conclude such an agreement and even went on to negotiate, however Joe Biden left the issue pending. One of Trump’s oldest financial advisors, Stephen Moore, recently let it be understood, speaking to the BBC, that there could be an agreement with the United Kingdom, provided London would make the “right choice” between “the most socialist European economic model and the American model most based on the free enterprise system”. “It would be preferable for Britain to head towards the American model (…) this would encourage the Trump government to conclude a free trade agreement with it,” he said. If the two sides start talks, Britain can escape tariff increases of 10–20% that Trump threatens to apply to all products imported into the US. CORVERSE “Trump’s oath has not yet been made, so let’s see what decisions will be made next,” Starmer told Politico, explaining that he has stated “clearly” to Trump that he wants a deal. After Brexit Britain concluded trade agreements with the EU, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and other countries. Her discussions with India are still continuing. In early 2024 he discontinued negotiations with Canada, as there was no agreement between them on the agricultural sector. Source: RES – ICM
Britain: Starmer Call for Free Trade Deal With Trump · Global Voices
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