UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns President Trump that the US must compromise to get a UK trade deal
Offering an example of a restriction, Mr Johnson said:"Melton Mowbray pork pies, which are sold in Thailand and in Iceland, are currently unable to enter the US market because of, I don't know, some sort of food and drug administration restriction.""Wine shipments are heavily restricted. If you want to export wine made in England to the US you have to go through a US distributor.
He said a bilateral post-Brexit deal could lead to a"three to four, five times" increase in current trade - but provided no details about how that would be achieved.would not get through CongressMs Pelosi said the UK's exit from the EU could not be allowed to endanger the 1998 Irish peace deal, which the US helped facilitate.Trade deals involve two or more countries agreeing a set of terms by which they buy and sell goods and services from each other.
"I am open to discussion about how we do that and I am willing to listen to our American friends about the modalities."With Brexit on the agenda later when the prime minister meets Mr Tusk, Downing Street dismissed as"entirely false" newspaper suggestions the government was considering suspending Parliament"in order to stop MPs debating Brexit".
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