Trump to UK: no-deal Brexit is better than paying EU $50bnArchived Message
Posted by johnlilburne on June 2, 2019, 3:01 pm
Britain's future trading relationship with the United States will be crucial to its post-Brexit success and likely discussed during Trump's talks with May at Downing Street this week.
But some fear Britain would be steamrolled by the far bigger US into accepting an unbalanced accord, especially given Trump's "America First" stance that is shaking up trade ties with Mexico, Canada, Japan and China.
US Ambassador to Britain Woody Johnson told BBC television that Washington was already preparing the way for a trade deal and it would be done "as expeditiously as any agreement we've ever had".
He said he would expect Britain to be open to US agricultural products, and when asked about access of US firms to Britain's cherished state-run health service, said "all things that are traded would be on the table".