Trade agreement

Frances O'Grady also calls Boris Johnson a "lame duck" prime minister.
The US president met with Boris Johnson to discuss about the possibility of a UK-US trade deal once Britain has left the European Union.
PM tells Trump about American bans on pork pies and shower trays. But claims President is 'popular with large numbers of people in our country'.
Differences over big issues will be papered over, as the need for a post-Brexit trade deal dominates. But most of all, it’s a chance to sell Johnson to voters back home as a global statesman.
Performing a 'backstop-ectomy' or spreading blame for a looming no-deal Brexit?
Our prime minister claims he wants to keep the Good Friday Agreement safe, yet his desire to push through a no-deal Brexit makes that impossible, Best for Britain CEO Naomi Smith writes.
Like adding more lanes to a motorway which never sees much traffic, a US-UK FTA may struggle to dramatically improve on the status quo, trade expert Dmitry Grozoubinksi writes.
"Britain has no leverage. Britain is desperate. Britain has nothing else." says Larry Summers, the former director of the US National Economic Council.
"There is bipartisan consensus against blowing up the Good Friday agreement."