Top Trump Adviser Says U.K. Slips Behind EU in Trade Priorities

[brooklynite]

Source: Bloomberg

After months of promises that the U.K. would be next in line for trade negotiations with the Trump administration, U.S. officials are signaling the European Union might still be the easier target for a quick outcome aimed at avoiding a transatlantic tariff battle.

Trade talks with the EU and U.K. are on separate tracks but because of “some structure” on the EU side, “reigniting that will be easier” than starting from scratch with the U.K., White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said in an interview.

Since a new European Commission took office late last year, officials on both sides have pointed to a reset in the U.S.-EU relationship and agree there’s a sense of urgency for a truce.

“No one around here is salivating for a trade war,” Kudlow said Feb. 6. “Believe me, no one.”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-10/top-trump-adviser-says-u-k-slips-behind-eu-in-trade-priorities

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TRUMP 2020: "What have you done for me lately?"

[sdfernando]

1. Well...anyone.....ANYONE that believes a single effing word that comes out of that

orange anal orifice he calls a mouth, gets what they deserve!

[Fritz67]

2. TRUMP LIES!?!

I can't believe it!!!

[NCjack]

3. A message to the people of the UK: Trump fooled you! But,

you should not be surprised -- he screws everyone depending on promises. He played to split UK off EU to give him increased leveraged in getting a US-EU trade deal.

[Karadeniz]

4. And Trump told them he'd help them if they took his advice and brexited.

[lonely bird]

5. Oh, and...

Kudlow is an idiot.

[BlueIdaho]

6. Boris is an idiot

Did he really think Fatso was going to give The UK a bunch of sweetheart deals and ignore the EU?

[gembaby1]

7. NOW can the English apply some common sense?

Or are they too wrapped up in being brainwashed nationalist baboons?