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Boris Johnson said there was a “good chance” for a great trade deal as he praised the president-elect’s defeat of Donald Trump in the highly contested vote. Britain and the US have been in talks about a new business alliance for over a year and some experts predict it could be worth a staggering £ 20 trillion. And a top Biden ally promised today that Brexit Britain will remain an “important” ally of the United States, insisting there is “a lot of work to do together.”
Before calling Biden to congratulate him on his success, Johnson said that significant progress had already been made on a transatlantic trade deal.
“I think there is much more that unites the government of this country and the government of Washington at any time, at any stage, than what divides us,” he said.
“I am a great student of US trade policy and these are difficult negotiations. And I never believed that this was going to be something that was going to be an easy step under any United States administration.
“I think there is a good chance that we will do something. Liz Truss and her team have made great progress and we will keep moving forward. “
And Johnson said a significant part of any deal could drive the creation of “hundreds of thousands of jobs” in the green sector.
“I think that now, with President Biden in the White House in Washington, we have the real perspective from the American world leadership to address climate change.
“I see that President Biden shares a slogan, rebuild better. But when it comes down to rebuilding better, one of the ways to do it is through a green industrial revolution, green energy, green home building, green transportation, electric vehicles, everything else.
“These measures can not only reduce your CO2 emissions and allow us to reach net zero by 2050, but they are also capable of really moving the economy forward. So we hope to talk about that with the White House. “
Britain has already struck a massive £ 15bn trade deal with Japan and similar deals are in the works with Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
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Boris Johnson says he’ll settle with Joe Biden (Image: GETTY)
Talks on the future trade relationship with the EU continue in the hope that an agreement can be reached this month.
Fears that Johnson’s relationship with the new president was not as warm as it was with his predecessor were rejected yesterday by a key Biden ally.
Senator Chris Coons, who has been nominated to become Biden’s secretary of state, insisted there are “important and long-lasting” ties between the UK and the US.
“We have more to do together than we could do apart and I think those enduring and tectonic forces will unite us quite quickly,” he told the BBC’s Andrew Marr.
When asked if Brexit would make the UK a less useful ally for the US, he said: “That is not an opinion that I share.
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“I think the UK and the US have important and lasting ties and a lot of important work to do together.
“Around the world in the North Atlantic community region, as well as in the distant nations of the Commonwealth.
“I think the UK-US relationship will remain significant regardless of the UK’s departure from the EU.”
The senior Democrat said he believed Johnson was more “agile and forward-thinking” than he had been portrayed in the American press and hoped Biden would have a similar opinion.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton has said that Biden would be open to the idea of a post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom.
He told the Daily Express: “I think Boris Johnson should make it a priority to talk to Biden as soon as the situation clears up and I think a free trade agreement should be at the top of the agenda.
“I think it is clearly in the interest of the United States and in the interest of the United Kingdom to sign this agreement as soon as possible.
“That would be the point I would suggest Boris Johnson make.
Joe Biden has been declared President of the United States. (Image: GETTY)
“I should say that we have made our decision and because the economies of the two countries are so closely related, we can solve the problems and move on.”
“I would be surprised if Biden shows any kind of reluctance to make this deal work.
Former Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said there is now an “exciting opportunity” to secure a trade deal with Biden as president, while former Foreign Minister Sajid Javid said it would be easier now that Trump is leaving the White House.
“I think a business deal with Joe Biden is much more likely,” he told Sky News.
“Let’s look at the evidence, let’s see what Donald Trump actually did when he was in office when it came to trading with the UK.
“He imposed tariffs on UK aluminum, steel and Scotch whiskey, which not only hurt people in America in terms of higher prices, but also cost jobs here in the UK.
“President Trump is protectionist, he has been very clear about it, he has paralyzed the WTO (World Trade Organization).
“Now we want to do more trade deals around the world and really what is needed is a president who believes in free trade, and that is what we are going to have with Joe Biden.”
Sir David Manning, British Ambassador to the US from 2003 to 2007, predicted that the UK-US relationship could remain strong under the Biden administration.
He told Times Radio: “I think the result is good for Britain.”
Earlier this year, Ray Bassett, a former Irish ambassador to Canada, said Britain could form trade ties with Canada and the United States, creating an English-speaking North Atlantic Free Trade and Investment Area.
According to data published on the International Monetary Fund website, the combined GDP of the three nations as of 2020 totals just over £ 20.5 trillion ($ 25 trillion), more than £ 5 trillion more than the EU total. , which is just under £ 15 trillion.
The UK would bring with it a GDP of almost $ 3 trillion (£ 2.3 trillion), Bassett said.
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