Theresa May’s Trump card not a likely winner

Brexiteers claim UK-US deal will fill the trade vacuum, but it could be a hollow solution, writes Guy Verhofstadt.
Theresa May’s Trump card not a likely winner

In the same week that British prime minister Theresa May outlined her vision for a “hard” Brexit from the European Union — withdrawing from the single market and the customs union — US President Donald Trump met with Michael Gove, a leading Tory Eurosceptic.

Gove was on hand for Trump’s public announcement that the United States would move “very quickly” to reach a post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom.

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