Thursday, 29 November 2018

Why does Donald Trump oppose Theresa May's Brexit deal?

President may fear US could lose its prize of a free trade agreement with UK

It was not off the cuff. It was clearly meant. But was Donald Trump right to claim Theresa May’s Brexit deal meant the UK after 29 March 2019 “may not be able to trade with us”?

The UK is the fifth largest export market for American goods. British exports to the US are worth about £100bn a year to the UK economy, according to the Office for National Statistics, more than twice that of any other country.

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