The UK's former trade chief Sir Martin Donnelly tells Business Insider there are no obvious benefits of a post-Brexit trade deal with Washington.
British Prime Minister Theresa May walks with US President Donald Trump after their joint press conference at Chequers, in Buckinghamshire, England, Friday, July 13, 2018.The UK would have to bend to US demands in any post-Brexit trade deal, the former boss of Liam Fox's international trade department has warned in an interview with Business Insider.US trade rules allow products such as chlorinated chicken and hormone-injected beef, which are banned in the UK and EU.
Sir Martin Donnelly, who was the Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Trade until 2017, said that any trade deal would be heavily weighted in the US' favour once Britain has left the EU. "The UK's position on environmental health issues and animal health is essentially that of the EU. So it's hard to see how you come to a quick trade deal with the Americans which delivers for the UK as opposed to just delivering for Washington."
"All of these issues underline that a trade deal with America is neither straightforward nor necessarily going to produce significant benefits for the UK as opposed to the United States," said Donnelly, who served as permanent secretary at the Department for International trade until 2017.its"negotiating objectives" for a future trade deal with the UK once it has left the EU.
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