UK trade-hopeful following talks with top Republican congress leaders

Tuesday, January 10th 2017 - 09:20 UTC

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Britain will be in the “front seat” to negotiate a new trade deal with the incoming Trump administration, a top Republican in the US Senate has said. A US-UK trade deal would be a priority, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker said after meeting Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Read full article

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Voice
Yay...51st State...it's what Boris always wanted...
Jan 10th, 2017 - 02:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Britworker
Funny, I didn't hear Trump say he wanted to do a great trade deal with Argentina, come to think of it, i'm not sure I've heard anyone say that. You see the world knows that relative sanity is only temporary in Argentina, Macri will go and then it will be psycho central again and all the investors lose their money. Theresa May is playing this one very cool, she will have Trump eating out of her hand and after she gets everything she wants from him, she will start her negotiations with the EU from a very strong position.

Lastly, I think most Brits see themselves far more aligned with the US than the EU, I would be happy for us to link up economically, militarily and politically.
Jan 10th, 2017 - 06:20 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Hepatia
So, the anti free trade candidate now wants to sign a free trade deal with the UK, a hostile power.
Jan 11th, 2017 - 03:32 am - Link - Report abuse -2
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DemonTree
@Hepatia
I though you said the UK was a US vassal state? Can't you at least get your story straight?
Jan 11th, 2017 - 10:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Hepatia
http://en.mercopress.com/2017/01/10/uk-trade-hopeful-following-talks-with-top-republican-congress-leaders/comments#comment459125: Mendicancy does not preclude hostility. Indeed, it often promotes it.
Jan 12th, 2017 - 03:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
Hepatia
Argentina will be returned to the Falkland's in 20 years..
Jan 12th, 2017 - 08:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
@ Hepatia
But the UK is a power? Otherwise, what is the problem with making a trade deal? Don't you trust your wonderful new president-elect to negotiate a good deal for you?
Jan 17th, 2017 - 12:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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