UK needs new EU trade deal, not scraps from the White House

A free trade agreement with the US was one of the big carrots dangled in front of UK voters by Brexiteers. There was talk it might boost UK-US trade by £40 billion a year. Back in 2019, then British prime minister Boris Johnson pegged it as https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2025/05/11/uk-needs-new-eu-trade-deal-not-scraps-from-the-white-house