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Important but predictable Brexit news. Boris Johnson rejects at this stage a US trade deal that would change UK food regulations. US unlikely to do a traditional trade deal without this. As I've been saying for some time, UK-US trade deal in trouble telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
Do not underestimate the joint power of the farming, environmental, and animal welfare lobbies on the Conservative Party. Or the farming lobby on US trade policy. Those thinking a UK-US trade deal likely have been ignoring this conflict.
The major problems of the UK's Brexit policy - to not know what we want, what the other side will need, have an unrealistic view of relative negotiating power, and the power of precedents - also obviously applies to a US trade deal.
Also plays into a debate barely started in the UK - what we would do with product regulations after Brexit, even in no-deal. My expectation is that there would be strong forces wanting to stay aligned with the EU. Meaning what for the future relationship?
