No Us Trade Deal On The Horizon Truss Admits As She Flies To Biden Meeting Liz Truss
The new prime minister admitted talks were unlikely to start in the “medium term” as she traveled to New York on her first trip abroad since taking up Downing Street. In a move likely to disappoint Brexiters, she played down expectations that any trade deal was imminent, amid concerns that over-promising but then failing to get talks off the ground would damage her emerging government. On the plane to the US, Truss admitted to reporters: “Right now there are no negotiations with the US and I have no expectation that they will begin in the short to medium term....