Keir Starmer could conclude a lucrative free trade agreement with Donald Trump within a few months if he chooses to prioritize this, a former commercial secretary said yesterday.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan said that a 'a large, spicy, broad trade agreement', which could generate billions for the British economy, remained on the table in Washington as Labor decides to pick it up.
Mrs. Trevelyan, who negotiated a trade agreement with the US when President Trump left the office in January 2021, said that the two parties had been 'about halfway' to complete the agreement at that time.
The conversations then went into the deep freezing after Joe Biden had made it clear that he was not interested in making new trade agreements.
Mr. Trump has indicated that he is interested in breathing in the idea of ​​a trade agreement with the UK.
But Labor has taken little action so far, with Sir Keir choosing to prioritize a new deal with the EU.
Mrs. Trevelyan told Sky News that there is potential to negotiate a deal with Washington faster than Brussels, with ministers who may reach an agreement within a few months if they build on the work of the last government.
“I think that is absolutely possible,” she said. 'I think the challenge with everything with the EU is that you are dealing with, you know, several countries that should all agree.
“And the challenge with every trade agreement, that's why the (Brexit deal) lasted a long time to negotiate to the level we have received, that everyone pulls a little differently.”
Keir Starmer (depicted in the Lower House on Wednesday) stood this week that he 'did not choose' between the EU and us while they go to a possible trade war
Anne-Marie Trevelyan (depicted in 2022) said that a 'a large, spicy, broad ranging commercial deal' that could generate billions for the British economy, remained on the table in Washington as Labor decides to pick it up to pick it up
Donald Trump (shown on Wednesday) has indicated that he is interested in breathing in the idea of ​​a trade agreement with the UK
The prime minister stated this week that he 'did not choose' between the EU and us while they are on their way to a possible trade war.
But critics have opposed his enthusiasm to release the existing Brexit deal to stimulate trade with his apparent lack of action when looking for a new trade agreement with President Trump.
While the cabinet office compiles a 100-person 'Surrender Squad', led by a former Gordon Brown assistant to disconnect parts of the Brexit deal, the Prime Minister still has to designate a commercial envoy in the US, who is the largest trading partner of wholesale- Britain remains.
About five 'chapters' of a trade agreement with the US were completed by the last government. But they do not include the tricky area of ​​agriculture, where British farmers claim that they would be undermined by practices that are forbidden in this country, such as chlorine washing chicken.
Mrs. Trevelyan said that there was 'enormous' potential for a deal, even if agriculture is eventually excluded.
“It will be all, from financial services to whiskey and everything in between,” she said. “The market is huge, important problems around metal, steel and aluminum are really important.”
