The Guardian view on a UK-US trade deal: MPs must get a vote on any agreement with Trump | Editorial

toIn objectivity, the bilateral trade agreement between Britain and the United States is of relatively small economic importance for this country. In 2020, the Boris Johnson government estimated The United States deal “can increase the United Kingdom’s gross domestic product by about 0.07 %” – a completely non -transformative number. The opinion that some Brexiters described was that the American commercial deal would always shoot the entire British economy, and it is the product of the yearning for the pits that there was little public support, even among the voters. It is clear that any of this type is more illusion now, following the definition of the Bonald Trump Wars.

We hope that the horror that runs on the right now will be something of the past. But global trade has new shocks as well. The protectionist returns to Mr. Trump and the bullying of us, our competitors, to reset terms. However, there are specific reasons for Britain to follow more free trade talks with the United States. Among these threats posed by the current definitions, especially on cars and pharmaceutical preparations, in addition to the possibility of a 10 % tariff on all UK exports to the United States after the current stop in July.

The problem of any price deal that the United States may try to extract in order to reduce tariffs or exemptions. Although Vice President, JD Vance, He said This week sees a “good opportunity” for a deal, it can still depend on the UK’s concessions in Sectors Such as agriculture, sewage, and vegetable cabinet rules Digital regulation. These are essentially the same sectors that have proven, for a good reason, that they are finding in post -Britain’s exit from the European Union. Efforts to rename things such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology and digital as the strategic industries in the future do not dispel some real threats that now face British food standards, health care or online controls.

All this is multiplied by the lack of reliability of the Trump administration and the geostrateate approach. The goal of management in Europe is to weaken and destroy the European Union. Feeling by the right -wing politicians, the president sees the President’s withdrawal from the orbit of the European Union as part of this effort. However, the European Union does. As a result, any attempt by Washington to provide generous conditions for the United Kingdom in the private sectors Reset With the European Union more difficult. Mr. Care Starmer says that Britain does not need to make a choice/or option. Like Mr. Johnson, he says Britain can have its cake and eating it. Brutal reality It is that the United States or the European Union will necessarily take the same generous opinion.

Even if the UK and potential United States deal is less than before, it is still important. Politically, the Trump worker makes any deal more famous. Treaties are made in the United Kingdom and traditional traditions under concession powers. as Britain’s exit from the European Union An argument about a “meaningful vote” showed, there is a very limited role for parliament. That needs to be changed. It will be unbearable in the case of the United Kingdom and the United States. This is clear that this is a matter of parliament for discussion, during and after negotiations, and for each of the parliament to vote.

This week, work chairs in foreign affairs and trade committees The name For such voices. Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party are both in favor. The government must clarify that there is no agreement that will move forward without voting in meaningful rumors.

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