US President Joe Biden throws shade over major Brexit trade talks between US and UK officials negotiating only now after several entreaties by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Several UK politicians like Nigel Farage have scoured the US president for not recognizing the value of the special relationship between the two countries.
Ex-president Trump's negotiations with Brexit were dropped by Biden when he took office, not considering that the UK is one of the biggest trade partners of the US as well.
US-UK Agreement
Instead of encouraging a deal, the president gave a warning to Britain. since January 20, he has snubbed the UK and made a deal to the EU instead, the Express reported.
In Baltimore, the International Trade Secretaries Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Katherine Tai were in discussions. They want to improve the volume of trade in key digital, green trade areas, and how to support small to medium businesses that want to export abroad, cited News 7 Trends.
These trade talks took more than a year to materialize after Brexit left the EU a while back. No explanation was provided by the White House why it has delayed negotiation after he left office in January 2020.
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Despite the many mishaps in foreign and domestic policy, the White House told the UK it had to stop its warning to trigger Article 16 of the NIP. It would render an international agreement agreed upon by an earlier US administration.
Though the talks have gotten off the wrong foot, hope is there that something will pan out despite the opinion of Joe Biden, who is wrestling with low poll numbers.
Before the talks, Trevelyan said that she was excited to meet Ambassador Tai to start negotiations that would determine the future of UK-US trade.
She added, "We look forward to welcoming Ambassador Tai to the UK later this spring, where we will keep discussions on how the UK and US can cooperate to use trade smartly in today's global economy."
Furthermore, trade is essential to the UK's agenda to level up and improve UK-US trade links that will benefit the United Kingdom.
The UK International Trade Secretary will spend two days where the talks will be held; next, it will be in the UK with Ms. Tai scheduled in the spring.
About £116billion in bilateral trade done with the US could ask why Joe Biden is too critical or waited too long to initiate talks.
According to one senior US trade official, the primary objective of this discussion is to work collaboratively to make our trade better choices and help our workers and businesses compete in a very tough world economy, noted the New York Times Post.
One more said there is a need to be creative and be smart when it comes to trade policy. It will sort out everything.
Why Biden has chosen to ignore the relevance of a free trade deal with the UK has resulted in frustration, but considering how his administration has mismanaged everything, this might not come as a surprise.
Senior VP of the US Chamber of commerce, Marjorie Collins, will be part of the trade talks, saying why the White House denigrated an FTA with the UK. Why is it hard to work with an ally; she added.
Why Joe Biden drags on a trade deal with Brexit is puzzling, and many US officials want to start the ball rolling. The warning over Article 16 is not a good sign over the special relationship.
