The British prime minister, Theresa May, and the new US president, Donald Trump, agreed during May’s visit to Washington on Friday 27 January to enter talks for a free-trade deal between the United Kingdom and the United States as soon as the UK leaves the EU ('Brexit').
Theresa May said at a joint press conference the American president: ‘Trump and I have mentioned future economic cooperation and trade, trade between our two countries is already worth over £150 billion a year. The US...