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US-UK Pact Could Make Trade Great Again

  
Via:  XXJefferson51  •  5 years ago  •  5 comments


US-UK Pact Could Make Trade Great Again
“Now the really good news,” Hannan continues. “We have already done the work for you. Eleven British and American think tanks — including Heritage, Cato, Manhattan Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute — have produced precisely such a trade deal. Not just a proposal for a trade deal, but an actual treaty, drawn up by properly qualified trade lawyers and, in theory, ready to go the day after Brexit.” American and British diplomats should grab this “Ideal U.S.-U.K. Free Trade...

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The uncertainty surrounding U.S./China trade talks is steering financial markets up and down more peaks and valleys than a drive through the Himalayas. Brighter, timelier prospects for free trade might lie in the hands of two husky, showy New York natives with bold blond hair and tame blue suits: U.S. President Donald J. Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The United Kingdom’s new leader was born — believe it or not — in Manhattan. From his early days on the Hudson, he now governs on the Thames. As a conservative nationalist, his fervent support of Brexit parallels Trump’s skepticism about large, multilateral economic institutions. The two executives are temperamental cousins, resemble brothers, and seem like pals.

“He’s a good guy. He’s a friend of mine. I think we’re going to have a great relationship,” President Trump told journalists on July 26. “Boris is going to be a great Prime Minister. Trump added. “He has what it takes. They needed him for a long time.”

These political and personal factors bode well for an Anglo-American free-trade pact. Optimists speak of concluding an accord that would commence on November 1, the day after Johnson promises the U.K. will leave the European Union — amicably, if possible, otherwise through a divorce as frightful as Halloween itself.

“I’m sure a new free-trade agreement, with Boris and your excellent ambassador in London, Woody Johnson, pushing it, will come quickly,” predicts Lord Borwick of Hawkshead, a Conservative member of the House of Lords and frequent visitor to America. He expects U.S. farmers will savor the result. “The Europeans prohibit American chickens because they are washed in chlorinated water, even though we wash our children in chlorinated water in every British swimming pool, and I never have seen an English tourist refuse to enter a Kentucky Fried Chicken shop.”

Lord Borwick hopes an Anglo-American bargain remains simple. He says: “If we make anything legal in the States legal in the U.K., and vice versa, then we have a free trade agreement that can be summarized in one sentence that everyone can understand.”

Daniel Hannan, a Tory member of the European Parliament, is considered the Father of Brexit. He also is a thoughtful and magnificently eloquent advocate of conservative ideas. Hannan argues that both sides should “emphasize the open nature of a U.S.-U.K. deal, to underline that it is about mutual recognition instead of standardization. This mutual recognition should apply to goods, services, and professional qualifications.”

“Now the really good news,” Hannan continues. “We have already done the work for you. Eleven British and American think tanks — including Heritage, Cato, Manhattan Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute — have produced precisely such a trade deal. Not just a proposal for a trade deal, but an actual treaty, drawn up by properly qualified trade lawyers and, in theory, ready to go the day after Brexit.”

American and British diplomats should grab this “ Ideal U.S.-U.K. Free Trade Agreement ,” as it’s titled, respect its text, and ready it promptly for Trump’s and Johnson’s signatures.

“With the U.K., we could do much, much more trade,” President Trump said. “I think we can do three to four, five times what we’re doing.”

“In the U.S., there are all sorts of opportunities we have to open up trade,” Johnson told Sky News, “but they still ban haggis, for heaven’s sake.”

Securing a U.S./Chinese trade compact now looks more elaborate than a Dongyang wood carving. Tit-for-tat taxes on imports seem to be slowing growth in both countries. The never-ending wait for a treaty is building a Great Wall of Uncertainty around thousands of bewildered businesses. And if Beijing harshly clamps down on Hong Kong’s raucous, freedom-loving capitalist stalwarts, Team Xi’s hands could be too bloody to shake in public.

While all of this sorts itself out — or doesn’t — two birds of a feather in Washington and London soon should sign a deal that will make Anglo-America great again.

Michael Malarkey contributed research to this opinion piece.

Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News contributor and a contributing editor with National Review Online. He has been a media fellow with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University. Read more opinions from Deroy Murdock — Click Here Now .


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XXJefferson51
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1  seeder  XXJefferson51    5 years ago

American and British diplomats should grab this “Ideal U.S.-U.K. Free Trade Agreement,” as it’s titled, respect its text, and ready it promptly for Trump’s and Johnson’s signatures.

“With the U.K., we could do much, much more trade,” President Trump said. “I think we can do three to four, five times what we’re doing.”

“In the U.S., there are all sorts of opportunities we have to open up trade,” Johnson told Sky News, “but they still ban haggis, for heaven’s sake.”

Securing a U.S./Chinese trade compact now looks more elaborate than a Dongyang wood carving. Tit-for-tat taxes on imports seem to be slowing growth in both countries. The never-ending wait for a treaty is building a Great Wall of Uncertainty around thousands of bewildered businesses. And if Beijing harshly clamps down on Hong Kong’s raucous, freedom-loving capitalist stalwarts, Team Xi’s hands could be too bloody to shake in public.

While all of this sorts itself out — or doesn’t — two birds of a feather in Washington and London soon should sign a deal that will make Anglo-America great again. https://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/6755/us-uk-pact-could-make-trade-great-again

 
 
 
JBB
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2  JBB    5 years ago

England cannot replace China as a trade partner. In this case "could" is a big lie...

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
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2.1  seeder  XXJefferson51  replied to  JBB @2    5 years ago

I missed the part in the headline and article that made the claim you allege.  Prove what you called a lie or take it back in SPLC like shame.  

 
 
 
Raven Wing
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2.2  Raven Wing  replied to  JBB @2    5 years ago
England cannot replace China as a trade partner.

And as much as Trump hates England, he could just as easily do the same to England as he has so foolishly done to China.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
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2.2.1  seeder  XXJefferson51  replied to  Raven Wing @2.2    5 years ago

Show us the proof that Trump hates the UK.  He understands our special relationship and values it.  As to China, it is clear that they have been ripping us off for decades and that’s something had to be done about it.  It’s no secret that democrats have been colluding with China since Clinton/Gore and that China is hoping for a democrat president so that we can again cave to them as before.  

 
 

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