Theresa May joins Gulf summit for post-Brexit trade talks
Dubai — British Prime Minister Theresa May joined Gulf Arab leaders at a summit in Bahrain on Tuesday for talks on trade after Britain’s exit from the European Union. Defence ties are also expected to figure high on the agenda as Britain builds a new naval base in Bahrain, while advocacy groups have urged May to raise human rights concerns. She is the first British premier and the first woman to attend the annual summit of the six oil-rich Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states. May’s two-day visit comes as her government faces mounting domestic criticism that it has not done enough to avoid post-Brexit disruption to British trade, which is currently carried out under EU agreements. "I will have the opportunity to talk to all six leaders about how we can develop our trade relationship, as well as co-operation on security and defence," May ahead of her trip to Manama late on Monday. Her office said May would discuss the possibilities for post-Brexit free trade arrangements with the G...
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