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Britain targets first state-by-state U.S. trade deals next month -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – The flags of United States and United Kingdom are shown after a bi-lateral photo was taken by U.S. Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson with British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson. This photo was cancelled at Washington’s State Department on March 22, 2001.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain told Parliament Thursday that it is in talks with approximately 20 U.S. States to obtain individual trade agreements as early as next month.

British negotiators want to make progress on a UK-US trade agreement. They are currently unable to do so.

“There’s been considerable progress on this and we are in discussions with around 20 U.S. states,” Mordaunt said.

“We are going to do a state level agreement with Texas we hope by October of this year, and we will start signing these agreements with U.S. states next month. The first eight that we have in the pipeline will be equivalent to 20% of the United States economy,” Mordaunt said in parliament.

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