Re: Brexiteers tear apart 'sell out' free trade area plan
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:06 pm
Theresa May’s Brexit deal will kill US trade pact, ambassador warns as he slams PM’s leadership
THERESA May’s Brexit deal would kill off trade with America, Donald Trump’s ambassador warned today.
US envoy Woody Johnson said the withdrawal agreement would make it impossible to sign a trans-Atlantic trade deal after we quit the EU.
And he hit out at Britain’s crisis of leadership in a dig at the PM.
Mr Johnson, a close pal of the US President, told the BBC he wanted to see “a quick, very massive bilateral trade deal” after the UK leaves the European Union.
But asked if the current Brexit deal agreed by Mrs May would allow that, he replied: “It doesn’t look like it would be possible.”
The ambassador warned that ministers would have to weigh up all the factors involved before deciding which direction to go in.
And he claimed Britain is “in need of leadership” as MPs dither over whether or not to back the Prime Minister’s deal.
Mr Trump has spoken out in support of Brexit and vowed to cut a big trade deal with Britain as soon as possible.
But he told The Sun earlier this year that Mrs May’s deal could make that impossible because it would leave the UK following a host of Brussels regulations.