
Could ‘Waitrose protectionists’ block a UK-US trade deal?
Will the UK agree a trade deal with the US? Such an agreement has long been cited by Leave campaigners as a prize for Brexit Britain. When Donald Trump became President it was seen to increase the chances of such a deal being struck. While Barack Obama had suggested the UK would be at the ‘back of the queue’, Trump suggested a deal could be thrashed out quickly. However, the idea of it being agreed before the US election now seems unlikely. As the UK and US begin a second round of negotiations, America’s chief negotiator Robert Lighthizer has warned that a deal is unlikely to be approved before the US presidential election in November:
