UK's Johnson, Trump look forward to ambitious trade agreement - Downing Street

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UK's Johnson, Trump look forward to ambitious trade agreement - Downing Street

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a welcoming ceremony at the NATO leaders summit in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Donald Trump said they looked forward to continued close cooperation and the negotiation of an "ambitious free trade agreement" during a phone call on Monday, Johnson's Downing Street office said.

 

"The prime minister spoke with President Trump, who congratulated him on the result of the general election," a Downing Street spokesman said in a statement.

 

"They discussed the huge importance of the relationship between the UK and U.S., and looked forward to continued close cooperation on issues such as security and trade, including the negotiation of an ambitious free trade agreement."

 

Finance minister Sajid Javid also spoke with his U.S. counterpart Steve Mnuchin on Monday.

 

"Secretary Mnuchin welcomed the certainty provided by last week’s election result and they both looked forward to working together in the coming year," Javid's spokesman said.

 

"Their conversation focused on trade, looking ahead to discussions between the UK and US on future opportunities after Brexit."

 

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; Editing by Kylie MacLellan)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-12-17

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[stephenterry]

Providing the 'trade' from the US is non-food products, which carry extreme health warnings and which makes them toxic - and which causes one of the highest serious illnesses and death rates in modern society. 

 

Did you realise that US chickens and pigs are pumped up with growth hormones, antibiotics, preservatives and sugary products to bulk up their bodies. A practice permitted by US standards, but banned by the EU and UK.  That US junk food products aimed at children contain excessive levels of sugar. That the packaging of cereal junk food products cost more to make than the contents inside. 

 

Far healthier to continue with food trade to and from the EU countries. What food  - and drinks - you consume is up to you to choose, but you have been warned. The US is not a healthy regime by any standard.

[sunnyboy2018]

15 minutes ago, stephenterry said:

Providing the 'trade' from the US is non-food products, which carry extreme health warnings and which makes them toxic - and which causes one of the highest serious illnesses and death rates in modern society. 

 

Did you realise that US chickens and pigs are pumped up with growth hormones, antibiotics, preservatives and sugary products to bulk up their bodies. A practice permitted by US standards, but banned by the EU and UK.  That US junk food products aimed at children contain excessive levels of sugar. That the packaging of cereal junk food products cost more to make than the contents inside. 

 

Far healthier to continue with food trade to and from the EU countries. What food  - and drinks - you consume is up to you to choose, but you have been warned. The US is not a healthy regime by any standard.

Yeah yeah yeah...heard it all before for about 4 years...Nevertheless Europe will remain a major trading partener...on our terms.

[stephenterry]

25 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Yeah yeah yeah...heard it all before for about 4 years...Nevertheless Europe will remain a major trading partener...on our terms.

On our terms? What a laugh. The days that Britain ruled the waves have long gone, my friend. Now, we're just an also ran in the premier league. A bit like Watford, IMO.

[sammieuk1]

Look at my face Boris there is nothing wrong with our chicken ????

[legend49]

It will be 2 years before Brexit is finished so hold on to your hopes on trade.

[Jonnapat]

"" Ambitious "" hmmmh

Beware , people of the UK.

[earlinclaifornia]

trump will be long gone

[sawadee1947]

Will be a wonderful deal: Donald plays the music and Boris will pay. ????

[zydeco]

5 hours ago, earlinclaifornia said:

trump will be long gone

Dead and buried. Killed by a hormone stuffed chicken sandwich, layered with processed cheese laced with preservatives, and pesticide enriched french fries.

[JHolmesJr]

14 hours ago, stephenterry said:

Providing the 'trade' from the US is non-food products, which carry extreme health warnings and which makes them toxic - and which causes one of the highest serious illnesses and death rates in modern society. 

 

and yet, you'll eat a greasy balti without any qualms.

bizarre.

[samran]

13 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Yeah yeah yeah...heard it all before for about 4 years...Nevertheless Europe will remain a major trading partener...on our terms.

Oh bless. Someone who thinks the UK will be trading jellied eels and Morris Morris minors. In terms of the respective size of each of the negotiating parties economies, and thus negotiating power:

 

US GDP: $19.3 trillion

EU GDP: $17.4trillion 

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UK GDP: $2.6 trillion 

I think the only ‘terms’ the UK will be able to dictate is how far you pull down your trousers before the US and EU ask you to ‘bend over’...

Edited December 17, 2019 by samran

[Loiner]

16 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Look at my face Boris there is nothing wrong with our chicken ????

If it looks like chicken and tastes like chicken and it’s cheaper, let the people decide.  Again. It’s all up to the consumer, not nanny state. 

We can fill our boots on US chicken if we like and you Remainers can carry on eating sour grapes. 

[copa8]

17 hours ago, stephenterry said:

A bit like Watford, IMO.

Would be fun to designate a current Premier League team to each of the top 20 trading world economies.

[sirineou]

10 hours ago, earlinclaifornia said:

trump will be long gone

Even if he was not gone, who would believe anything this man has to say. But as you said, by the time  the UK can negotiate independent from the EU deals trump will be long gone. 

The good news is that anyone that would replace him. democrat or republicans ,would be infinitely better.

 The bad news is that as much as we love the British, the US will do what is best for the US, and anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves.

[teacherofwoe]

This deal is all about tying the NHS to US pharmaceutical companies which will cause a savage increase in the cost of medication  in the UK which will ultimately lead to the NHS becoming privatized. 

[Tug]

To my British brothers and sisters across the sea my advice would be use extreme caution dealing with trump he is corrupt in the extreme he will wreck your health care and ruin your country extreme caution hopefully soon he will be a bad memory for all

[URMySunshine]

14 hours ago, Victornoir said:

You still don't understand.

It is now in the EU's interest to push the UK into Trump's arms for a divorce without a trade deal. The unrecognized goal is recession.

The economic failure of the United Kingdom outside the EU is a matter of survival. You can count on Barnier to work in this way.

And USA have a lot to sell, but almost nothing to buy from you.

The US are the biggest inward investor in the UK by far- we have everything to play for now we are leaving the EU. It's a shame Boris was caught out smirking at The Donald at Buckingham Palace as Trump can harbor petty grudges. Time to knight Sir Nigel and deploy him as our secret weapon. 

 

The country that attracts by far the most investment from the UK – almost one-third of total investment (31%) – is the US. This is more than three times the amount the UK invests in France, which is the next highest at 9%, followed by Germany (7%), the Netherlands (6%), Japan (5%) and Luxembourg (3%).Nov 1, 2018

[URMySunshine]

2 hours ago, teacherofwoe said:

This deal is all about tying the NHS to US pharmaceutical companies which will cause a savage increase in the cost of medication  in the UK which will ultimately lead to the NHS becoming privatized. 

More fag end Corbyn lies - I think I can be certain of one thing BoJo will keep his promise on the NHS if nothing else as it is key to remaining popular with his new tory voters. 

[URMySunshine]

2 hours ago, teacherofwoe said:

This deal is all about tying the NHS to US pharmaceutical companies which will cause a savage increase in the cost of medication  in the UK which will ultimately lead to the NHS becoming privatized. 

More fag end Corbyn lies - I think I can be certain of one thing BoJo will keep his promise on the NHS if nothing else as it is key to remaining popular with his new tory voters. 

[JonnyF]

22 hours ago, stephenterry said:

On our terms? What a laugh. The days that Britain ruled the waves have long gone, my friend. Now, we're just an also ran in the premier league. A bit like Watford, IMO.

Actually we're the 5th in the world based on GDP. To use your analogy, that's currently one place above Man Utd.

 

PS Cheer up, you still sound depressed about losing (again!).

[Sujo]

11 hours ago, Loiner said:

If it looks like chicken and tastes like chicken and it’s cheaper, let the people decide.  Again. It’s all up to the consumer, not nanny state. 

We can fill our boots on US chicken if we like and you Remainers can carry on eating sour grapes. 

If there is no choice in the chicken then what is there to decide.

[teacherofwoe]

7 hours ago, URMySunshine said:

More fag end Corbyn lies - I think I can be certain of one thing BoJo will keep his promise on the NHS if nothing else as it is key to remaining popular with his new tory voters. 

And what promise is that exactly?

[stephenterry]

On 12/17/2019 at 10:58 PM, JHolmesJr said:

 

and yet, you'll eat a greasy balti without any qualms.

bizarre.

Maybe you would, not me. 

[stephenterry]

On 12/18/2019 at 2:28 AM, Loiner said:

If it looks like chicken and tastes like chicken and it’s cheaper, let the people decide.  Again. It’s all up to the consumer, not nanny state. 

We can fill our boots on US chicken if we like and you Remainers can carry on eating sour grapes. 

Unfortunately in your view, it would not be the consumer who would make decisions on health, as I expect any UK government - even johnson's - to crack down on the food industry if they're going to push for food trades with the US. 

 

Fact of life, financially supporting the NHS would be a fast track to economic disaster - as it is in the US right now. But if you  - a consumer - want to eat processed US junk food at an increased cost to both your finances and health, carry on. 

[stephenterry]

On 12/18/2019 at 8:12 AM, JonnyF said:

Actually we're the 5th in the world based on GDP. To use your analogy, that's currently one place above Man Utd.

 

PS Cheer up, you still sound depressed about losing (again!).

Actually we're 7th and likely to fall further away from the top six. That's one place below Man Utd, which is currently held by Sheffield Utd. My analogy is to demonstrate that we are also runs in today's global economies. So our negotiating power is minimal in comparison.

 

http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/countries-by-gdp/

[samran]

I dare say that The Donald will be trying to nail down a free trade agreement with Wakanda before he turns his (non) attention to the UK.

 

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/us-department-deletes-wakanda-from-list-of-free-trade-countries-20191220-p53lw2.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1576842362