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US says UK trade deal 'impossible' for now
By EUobserver
The UK is "in reality" at "the back of the queue" for US trade deals, America's top trade official, Mike Froman, told Bloomberg. He said his "priority" is the EU-US free trade deal and that the UK must settle its EU exit before negotiating bilateral accords. "It’s ... impossible for anybody else to negotiate a free trade agreement with the UK until you know what is its competence", he said.