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The first question other prospective trade partners want answered is where does the UK now stand with the world’s largest single market - Gardiner
Barry Gardiner MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade, Europe, Energy and Climate Change, responding to comments from President Obama and President Tusk at the G20 Summit in Huangzhou, said:
“President Obama’s comments are a firm reminder that the US is realigning their future economic priorities with the Asian Tiger economies. Any hope that a trade deal with us would be concluded quickly must be reassessed taking account of that stark reality.
"Trade deals take time and resources and the US has already committed to making a success of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and TTIP.
"Our primary trade negotiations must be with the EU as the first question other prospective trade partners want answered is where does the UK now stand with the world’s largest single market. President Tusk’s comments show just how difficult that primary negotiation is going to be.”
jw009 said:
Gas and drugs, it looks like we will retain this unacceptable position. - jw009 said:
Obama is frantically trying to tie the rest of the trading world to America so as to protect America when the next financial collapse in the very near future. The British people have had enough of the austerity being driven by America and their puppets in Europe and the U.K. government hence the vote to get out of the EU to stem the flow of cash out of the country. Britain is now the second largest arms seller in the world after America and as long as America keeps financing wars to control oil,
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