Trump ‘makes trade deal with UK second-order priority’ in blow to ministers

Exclusive: US officials have split negotiations with countries into three phases, sources say, with South Korea taking priorityDonald Trump has made a trade deal with the UK a second-order priority, sources have told the Guardian, hampering British attempts to meet their mid-May deadline.US officials have decided to split their negotiations with more than a dozen other countries into three phases, with the UK being placed in either phase two or three, according to people who have been briefed on the talks. Continue reading...

Trump ‘makes trade deal with UK second-order priority’ in blow to ministers

Exclusive: US officials have split negotiations with countries into three phases, sources say, with South Korea taking priority

Donald Trump has made a trade deal with the UK a second-order priority, sources have told the Guardian, hampering British attempts to meet their mid-May deadline.

US officials have decided to split their negotiations with more than a dozen other countries into three phases, with the UK being placed in either phase two or three, according to people who have been briefed on the talks. Continue reading...