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Trump and May to discuss new trade deal
Theresa May can use any US support to argue the UK will prosper outside the EU, but the bloc may not be impressed
Washington — The Trump administration will lay the groundwork this week for a trade deal between the US and the UK that would take effect after Britain leaves the EU, a White House aide said, as Prime Minister Theresa May becomes the first foreign leader to visit the new president. May last week declared Britain is "open for business" as she announced plans to pursue a clean break with the EU, paving the way for the UK to eventually strike new trade accords with the continent and other countries. The prime minister said she would travel to Washington and speak to President Donald Trump on Friday. "We’ll have an opportunity to talk about our possible future trading relationship but also some of the world’s challenges that we all face — issues like defeating terrorism, the conflict in Syria," and Nato (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), May said in an interview on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday. "When I sit down with Donald Trump, I’m going to be talking about how we can b...
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