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Americano

Is Biden better for Brexit Britain?

Americano

The Spectator

Politics, News, News Commentary

4714 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

While Congress Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week gave an ultimatum to the British government over the latter's plans to breach international law, it's clear that London frequently finds Trump a difficult partner. So at the end of the day - is Biden better for negotiating a trade deal? Freddy Gray talks to the Spectator's Economics Correspondent, Kate Andrews.

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0:00.0

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0:28.3

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0:44.7

Hello and welcome to the Americano podcast. This is an election year. Will Donald Trump be re-elected?

0:56.9

What is going on with the Democrats? And has America gone even more crazy? We'll be discussing all of these things and more, more than once a week, because we don't feel you have enough Americano in your life.

1:04.8

I'm joined today by Kate Andrews, who is economics correspondent at The Spectator, here at The Spectator.

1:08.1

I have a guest in the office for once, which is very nice.

1:12.7

And we're going to be asking, would a Biden administration hurt Brexit? Now, Kate, we're talking about this because Nancy Pelosi has, in her rather

1:19.6

typically impolitic way, I'd say, said that there is no chance of a US-UK trade deal,

1:26.7

which suggests that if the Democrats win in November,

1:30.1

life might get a lot more difficult for Brexit, Britain, not that it's been particularly easy so far anyway.

1:37.3

As you say, Freddie, a speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is threatening to take the UK-US potential trade deal off the table.

1:45.2

She's saying the UK will not get a free trade deal with USA under a specific circumstance.

1:50.3

And that is if the UK reneges on certain parts of the withdrawal agreement with the European Union.

1:56.2

Now, why does the United States care about the UK negotiating with European Union around Brexit? Well,

2:02.4

Nancy Pelosi and others in the Democratic Party are claiming that if the UK reneges on the bits

2:07.2

that it wants to around the withdrawal deal, that it would undermine the Good Friday Agreement,

2:11.7

which famously brought peace to Northern Ireland. And they're saying that they cannot be involved

2:15.7

in any move that would disrupt that piece. So if you disrupt the peace, no trade deal for you. Unsurprisingly, the UK government says

2:22.8

that's not what they're doing, that this internal markets bill would ensure free-flowing

2:27.2

goods between the four corners of the United Kingdom. But interestingly, they admit they can

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