Re: UK and USA sign a customs agreement
Originally Posted by
shropshiregirl
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Excellent news. No, not a trade deal, but an agreement to ensure continued smooth trade, which is essential to the trade deals I am sure will be coming our way with the USA,regardless of all the usual hyperbol coming from Biden and pro-EU whingers.
Have you seen today's news that Lightziger is saying we can have a "mini-deal" soon?
' "I'm talking to [International Trade Secretary] Liz Truss, about trying to work out some kind of a deal... I'm hopeful we can get some kind of an agreement out you know, we don't have a lot of time left," he said. '
And:
' "We have the advantage in that both the US and the UK - particularly the current government of the UK - are not big subsidisers, where some other countries are more inclined to subsidise. So it would be helpful if we could come to some kind of agreement," he said when asked about lowering tariffs on whisky and cashmere. "We are in discussions, we'll see how that works out." '
Of course it's from the BBC, so expect their usual pro-EU-biased caveats.
It must have hurt them to even report this much because you have to hunt to find it; unsuprisingly, it is not on their home page.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55341970