Biden ditches trade deal talks with Britain

Joe Biden has shelved plans for a pact with Britain that could have paved the way for a full post-Brexit trade deal....

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/18/biden-scraps-talks-on-trade-deal-with-britain/

Biden ditches trade deal talks with Britain

UK's hopes for agreement fall to 'zero' after president came under pressure from own party about effects on US manufacturing

The Telegraph
If only there was something we could do to give us more clout in these trade negotiations. Like - hear me out - if we could club together with a bunch of other friendly mid-sized economies and negotiate collectively with Washington on that basis.

I think you might be on to something. It could possibly allow for the ability to pass regulations on predatory practices by big tech.

Awww who am I kidding, that’s a fantasy land, maybe if the UK allows companies to pump more sewage into the waterways America will want to trade then.

But then we’d have to rename British sausages to emulsified offal tubes. The public won’t have it.
Something something straight bananas

Of course if we did that we wouldn’t need to negotiate with Washington.

It’s not actually a good economic partner it’s miles away why would we trade with them when there is a perfectly convenient continent about half an hour across the ocean?

You mean The Channel. Its not big enough to be an ocean, you can even swim it!

You mean like the continent next door to us, mainland Europe?

That’s a bit far-fetched isn’t it?

But but… Empire strong?

Unironically , it might just got stronger.

If only we could invest into ourselves instead of importing dangerous shit.

That would cost the NHS so much money