Interesting Sunday Times Brexit nugget on EU vs US trade talks, something we're going to hear plenty more about in coming weeks and months. A couple things of note here... 1/4 
The need for government to work out a single structure for post-Brexit talks. At the moment we have EU talks led from one place, US and the rest from another. Needs to be resolved, and that's a big potential turf war to come. 2/4
Then the realism of using US talks as leverage against the EU, or vice versa. To a degree possible, both want the UK in their regulatory orbit, and there could be some return. But both are tough negotiators, so probably limited, and either mean tying our future... 3/4
As ever we come back to the question of what the UK wants or doesn't. That's where a realistic mandate for US and EU talks should come in, based on some serious impact analysis, cross government working, consultation etc. From what I hear a lot of this still needs to be done 4/4
