Jamieson Greer‚ a ex-US Air Force lawyer takes charge of trade talks in Trumps upcoming administration. His past work with Robert Lighthizer during the first Trump term — especially dealing with China trade issues makes him well-suited for this high-level position
In his house committee speech about 1 year ago Greer made his views clear: “We need more deals with non-Chinese markets including UK Kenya Philippines and India“ (showing his strong support for British trade links). This matches with the new trade direction that Trump wants to push forward
The next presidents trade plans look pretty clear-cut: he wants to put 20% fees on all imports; with China getting hit by up to 60% charges. Whats more surprising is his quick move to add 25% costs on stuff coming from Mexico and Canada right when he starts
New Jersey governor Phil Murphy thinks Britain might get better treatment saying that Brexit and Trump are like twins born in 2016 — both fighting against big systems. But trade experts say UK needs to be smart about its choices between US and EU markets
The ex-WTO head Pascal Lamy points out that UK does 3x more business with EU than America while Trumps advisor Stephen Moore pushes for UK to pick the American way over EU “socialism“. Meanwhile Bank of England boss Andrew Bailey suggests its not about picking sides: trade should work with everyone