USTR: ‘Active’ trade talks with the UK to begin in the near future
The U.S. and the United Kingdom will begin talks on a potential trade deal in the “near future,” a USTR official told Inside U.S. Trade on Thursday, adding that the countries are “rightfully focused” today on curtailing the spread of COVID-19. The U.S. released its negotiating objectives for a deal with the UK in February 2019, and the UK followed suit last month. The two countries have since shifted much of their energy to fighting the pandemic. “Both the...