Can Starmer Get a US-UK Trade Deal?

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024

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  • @jeremysmith3786
    @jeremysmith3786 День назад +62

    When will everyone stop talking about the Uk-US Special Relationship, there is no such thing, the US does what is best for the US every time so we are Special to them only when it suits them. This is not a criticism of the US, in fact the reverse, when will UK politicians do what is best for the UK and its citizens who pay for the government and politicians, rather than trying to look nice on the world stage.

    • @user_enigma7808
      @user_enigma7808 День назад

      That is sadly too true.

    • @zedtrek
      @zedtrek 11 часов назад

      That isn't sad at all. It's just reality.

  • @Pilps
    @Pilps День назад +516

    Even in your sponsorship segment you lie we watched a 10 minute video, we didn’t, it wasn’t even 7 minutes.
    You need to inject smaller bite sized sponsorships or make your videos longer.
    Like 25% or more of your videos have been sponsorship segments.
    It’s getting so tiresome.

    • @sgbsvw
      @sgbsvw День назад +38

      So true.

    • @richardhands904
      @richardhands904 День назад

      Calm down buddy, go smoke a blunt or something

    • @REALASUNDER
      @REALASUNDER День назад +14

      cry harder?

    • @GoblinGreen2021
      @GoblinGreen2021 День назад +60

      keep in mind the add to subscribe at the beginning. The channel is getting noticeably worse very quickly.

    • @HarryTurney
      @HarryTurney День назад

      Lil bro failed English & Maths

  • @jammiedodger7040
    @jammiedodger7040 День назад +141

    US-UK free trade deal would be pointless without an industrial sector.

    • @spinelesslightweight1379
      @spinelesslightweight1379 День назад +2

      Free trade and the word industrial are opposite

    • @condotiero860
      @condotiero860 День назад

      that's why UK hasnt signed one. I can imagine Trump offering a decimating deal back when brexit happened. UK waiting to see what Biden offered, Biden resending trump deal spellchecked. And now trump getting reelected, resending Biden's deal in a couple days.
      Imagine the deal EU would offer UK to rejoin. Trump's deal is so much worse, the UK rather stay out of a trade union for the time being.

    • @ash9259
      @ash9259 День назад +3

      no, an educational sector - UK should focus on education and innovation - leave industrialization to the US - they have the land.

    • @jammiedodger7040
      @jammiedodger7040 День назад

      @ We have the land for Industry also British and American Industry specialise in different areas.
      It’s like British and American car philosophy is completely different.

    • @jammiedodger7040
      @jammiedodger7040 День назад +1

      @@spinelesslightweight1379 Free Trade is the trade of goods.

  • @denizeralp1831
    @denizeralp1831 День назад +67

    Boat 6:38

  • @martinh8784
    @martinh8784 День назад +85

    "Beggars can't be choosers." The UK would have to agree to any deal the US offered. Adding insult to injury, Liss Truss's abysmal Australia and NZ trade deals have demonstrated to everyone how bad the UK is at negotiating. The US negotiators will go for at least these deals and then some.

    • @keithknight42
      @keithknight42 День назад +15

      A CANZUK alliance is what we need 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇬🇧

    • @ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh
      @ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh День назад +4

      @@keithknight42no one talks about it unfortunately

    • @merrymachiavelli2041
      @merrymachiavelli2041 День назад +11

      Hmmm. The thing is the UK isn't really a beggar in that analogy. If the US demands politically toxic conditions around the NHS - the deal just won't happen. US negotiators will know that. You're right in that the deal would probably be weighted to towards US interests, but it _has_ to be politically viable. In that sense, the UK has a bit of a stronger hand, assuming the US actually wants it to happen.

    • @edoardoturco8780
      @edoardoturco8780 День назад +3

      @@keithknight42 Not going to happen

    • @MagicSecretsandMysteries
      @MagicSecretsandMysteries День назад

      @@martinh8784 trump about to crash the US economy so more American can work with their hands instead of their brains like he promised

  • @sarjannarwan6896
    @sarjannarwan6896 День назад +21

    I think RFK Jr might complicate the good standards thing a bit more (in our favour)

  • @hockysa
    @hockysa День назад +85

    Even if you have a UK US trade deal it still logistically doesn't make that much sense if it needs to be at the expense of moving away from EU trading our closest and largest trading partner.

    • @merrymachiavelli2041
      @merrymachiavelli2041 День назад +14

      It kinda depends. It's not as though trading with the two is (usually) mutually exclusive. If, for example, the UK gets a trade deal by allowing chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef - that doesn't mean the UK can't also import European chicken and beef. It's not saying food _has_ to be treated that way. Ideally, trade would grow with the US by more than any amount in fell with the EU.

    • @Alexander-yb1zc
      @Alexander-yb1zc День назад +5

      ​@merrymachiavelli2041 Chlorinated chicken is a no go, firstly it's just grim secondly farmers already have a bone to pick with the Government after the Inheritance tax changes they would revolt at being undercut.

    • @connorferguson2269
      @connorferguson2269 День назад

      its true it doesn't, but that didn't stop those chuckle heads from cuting themselfs out of the eu

    • @regarded9702
      @regarded9702 День назад +4

      You are arguing against a trade deal with the US on the basis that we trade more with the EU. Do you see the contradiction here?

    • @hockysa
      @hockysa День назад +2

      @@regarded9702 if that was directed at me you've taken it a step too far. I'm not arguing against a US trade deal but highlighting that the US deal might lack real value to the nation over a improving EU trade deals.

  • @ok-lq6tv
    @ok-lq6tv День назад +117

    America doesnt care about the 'special relationship'. Trump just really likes Britain and many things about it, so Starmer would be ridiculous to not get a good deal

    • @CCrohny
      @CCrohny День назад +16

      Well the previous tory gov failed to actually make an opportunity from Brexit with the last Trump presidency so I don't have much hope.

    • @kevinh4869
      @kevinh4869 День назад +2

      Yes Starmer would be ridiculous. If is intent wasn't to distance us from our allies and get closer to the EU...

    • @bopndop2347
      @bopndop2347 День назад

      Trump likes America more

    • @Swedishpolymath
      @Swedishpolymath День назад +3

      The EU doesn't either anymore. If the US doesn't want to respect us then we'll go our own way.

    • @Unknown24466
      @Unknown24466 День назад +14

      Trump is half British as his mother is Scottish that’s why he interested in UK politics

  • @Pietzu10
    @Pietzu10 День назад +15

    Trump likes the UK because of his family. Thats why he wants to keep the Chagos Islands too.

    • @Mrpersonman0
      @Mrpersonman0 15 часов назад

      Because he owns a golf course under the sea?

  • @RumRunneerFilms
    @RumRunneerFilms День назад +8

    Looks like UK will have to get used to drinking chlorine with their chicken.

    • @jamessloven2204
      @jamessloven2204 День назад +1

      You sound like an anti-vaxxer. Do you refuse fluorinated water too?

    • @LulfsBloodbag
      @LulfsBloodbag 21 час назад +6

      ​@jamessloven2204 What are you talking about? The reason we don't wash our chicken with chlorine is BECAUSE of vaccines and very stringent safety standards. Our chicken is vaccinated against salmonella so it doesn't need to be chlorinated. Chlorinated chicken is the shitty, cheap option with lower food standards. Vaccinating chicken is the higher standard.

    • @maotseovich1347
      @maotseovich1347 12 часов назад

      They ignored that Trump has given RFK a mandate to get rid of chicken chlorination and other sketchy American food practices within 2 years.

  • @frogandspanner
    @frogandspanner День назад +50

    The EU represents 42% of UK exports [1]
    The US represents 22% of UK exports [2]
    42 > 22
    [1] House of Commons Library, Statistics on UK-EU trade, 23rd August 2024
    [2] Department for Business and Trade, Trade and Investment Factsheet, United States, 1st November 2024

    • @evilutionltd
      @evilutionltd День назад +18

      ...which would increase if we had a deal with the US.

    • @JF-rh5vq
      @JF-rh5vq День назад +19

      @@evilutionltd at the cost of being a puppet of american corporations and their government when the UK could be one of the dominant players in the EU calling the bigshots

    • @TheIrishny
      @TheIrishny День назад +2

      I'm sure the EU would like to have a US trade deal themselves.
      Eventually they'll all be on the same page.

    • @garyb455
      @garyb455 День назад

      @@JF-rh5vq your a puppet of the EU

    • @davidty2006
      @davidty2006 День назад +5

      @@evilutionltd not really.
      Alot of EU trade is done by truck to Ireland and the continent,
      Like Canadian trade with the US is naturally higher than their foreign trade due to well having alot of truck and rail traffic over the border.

  • @gerttherude6366
    @gerttherude6366 День назад +44

    Errrrm , why don't America raise their standards instead of lowering ours. and just sounds like Americans taking what they want under the guise of Trade agreements. Fk The USA politics and hawkish , US first, fk everyone else attitude

    • @calc1657
      @calc1657 День назад +6

      Everyone has to give up something in a trade deal. And it's not like Brits would have to eat the chlorinated chicken or whatever.

    • @Adam-wg2rf
      @Adam-wg2rf День назад +2

      chap we can't have everything for free, a country needs to put it's self first before other.

    • @condotiero860
      @condotiero860 День назад +4

      Given that we are providing most of the energy in this deal, i dont think UK gets a say.
      US biggest beef is green policies. I imagine that's what US is after, north sea oil. Stammer signing a deal for UK oil contracts, would be hilarious!

    • @gerttherude6366
      @gerttherude6366 День назад

      @condotiero860 when we can't lower prices for ourselves:@ i have a real distance for all this politics shit lol

    • @anon-zk6iz
      @anon-zk6iz День назад +1

      Take the deal UK, you need it more 😂

  • @BoredomIncarnate1
    @BoredomIncarnate1 День назад +29

    The "Special Relationship" of the USA telling the UK to jump, and the UK asking - how high?

    • @distinctdipole
      @distinctdipole День назад +3

      I see it more as "You will be shafted whether you say yes or no"

    • @NativeAuslander
      @NativeAuslander День назад

      Meh the US has never been weaker and it's influence is in major decline (can't even get Israel to chill out) so that won't be a problem for much longer, one of the few benefits of a trump presidency.

    • @bladeorade12
      @bladeorade12 День назад

      @@NativeAuslander Our leaders do not want Israel to "chill out." Our next ambassador to Israel thinks they have rights from God to the land. Americans do not have control over what our government does.

    • @_tsu_
      @_tsu_ День назад

      ​@@NativeAuslandernot that many Americans want israel to stop, as demonstrated by the election results. If the US really wanted, they could get israel to stop. They haven't even used sanctions yet.
      Moreover, even if that is true, for whatever influence the US has lost, the UK has lost twice as much.

  • @Kwippy
    @Kwippy День назад +8

    Unencumbered by EU rules, Britain is free to enjoy chlorinated chicken and other delights of American food that's causing America to be the only rich country where people's life expectancy is decreasing.

  • @robwhythe793
    @robwhythe793 День назад +6

    The big problem is the Irish Sea border within the UK: If a US/UK deal reduces food quality in Britain, or increases divergence of any form between UK/EU regulations, the EU will insist on tighter controls on exports from Britain to Northern Ireland. At the moment those controls are very much "light touch" and the EU is being very accommodating n trusting Internal UK cross-border trade. But that will change drastically if Trump gets involved because trust will evaporate.

    • @sirbillthegreat8871
      @sirbillthegreat8871 День назад +1

      Regulations only apply if those goods that did not met EU standard are export to EU areas.

    • @robwhythe793
      @robwhythe793 День назад +2

      @@sirbillthegreat8871 Yes, but that's where "trust" comes into play: The EU need to trust the importer that the goods being imported will stay in NI, and not be sold or moved into the Irish Republic. If that trust is not earned, it is much more difficult to move goods from Britain to NI. And Trump has proved himself untrustworthy so many times...

  • @bradw8102
    @bradw8102 День назад +40

    When it comes to the US, no deal is definitely better than a bad deal. There are no good deal options with the US, they have anyone they "negotiate" with over a barrel. There's a good reason trade talks between the US and EU collapsed, the EU was not prepared to accept much of the US's demands.

    • @English_Dawn
      @English_Dawn День назад +1

      🇬🇧 has already trade deals with 13(?) US states. Despite the Democrats in power HMG went behind their backs and negotiated trade deals individually and re-joined the WTO and joined the CPTPP.

    • @paologat
      @paologat День назад +11

      @@English_DawnStates in USA have no power to enact trade deals, as it’s a reserved federal matter.
      What UK has agreed is promotion of trade - fairs, advertising, etc.

    • @mabeSc
      @mabeSc День назад +1

      Also, a question that I have, wouldn't many sectors of the UK's economy end up bankrupting or negatively affected? Despite the deindustrialisation that happened both in the UK and US, the latter still has a much more competitive and productive industry and overall economy. Especially since Trump has been clear that he wants manufacturing to be brought back into the US and will, more than likely, subsidise many sectors of the economy -- so the UK would literally have no chance and become the 51st state.

  • @MagicSecretsandMysteries
    @MagicSecretsandMysteries День назад +31

    I’m so glad starmer has the sense not to import US pharmaceuticals to the UK, that would cripple the NHS. The jacked up prices and the ambiguous threshold/benchmark that’s seen as safe/effective is the last thing we need.

    • @kevinh4869
      @kevinh4869 День назад +4

      True, but hopefully with RFK now in charge, things will get a lot better.

    • @tasin2776
      @tasin2776 День назад +15

      ​@@kevinh4869 how so? Make the water more dangerous to drink? Or will he stop funding the development of vaccines?

    • @kevinh4869
      @kevinh4869 День назад +8

      @@tasin2776 stop reading the guardian you cringe.

    • @kevinh4869
      @kevinh4869 День назад

      @@keithknight42 yes? He's against big pharma, pesticides, microplastics, BPAs and all sorts of other things that are KNOWN to be bad.
      These are things you lefties used to care about, but now he's not on "your team" you're suddenly pro big pharma. You guys are shameless and cringe. Go away and self reflect. Stop being partisan.
      See a good thing for what it is, regardless of who said it.

    • @2001MBKBooster
      @2001MBKBooster День назад +1

      The US is far too busy importing cheaper pharmaceuticals from Canada.

  • @AlekWheeler
    @AlekWheeler 12 часов назад +1

    Tip from Canada: dig your heels in on trade issues that matter.
    Canada had to renegotiate our trade deal with America and we thru in a lot of things that actually helped us.
    Trump cares about the PR; failure isnt an option when getting a deal.
    Hold out and he'll cave.

  • @KIoakk
    @KIoakk День назад +17

    Starmer aint gonna do shit

    • @MagicSecretsandMysteries
      @MagicSecretsandMysteries День назад

      And thank f**k for that, who wants lower grade chicken and dodgy medicine from pharmaceutical companies that’s going to overcharge for the product. Net investment into the NHS means nothing if all of that is going to overpriced drug suppliers.

  • @derekhoover5679
    @derekhoover5679 День назад +6

    Seems like this is ignoring RFK's influence in Trump's health policy. Chlorinated chicken? Inclusion of US pharma in Uk? Big part of Trump's platform was against big pharma...

    • @ksperfection
      @ksperfection День назад

      Trump gave Big Pharma $10 billion to create the covid vaccinee.

    • @maotseovich1347
      @maotseovich1347 11 часов назад

      RFK _specifically called out_ chicken chlorination. How on earth can they do a piece on UK-US trade prospects under Trump and NOT cover this? Me thinks they've been bought...

  • @jamessaintjames1387
    @jamessaintjames1387 День назад +7

    The UK really missed the boat on that US trade deal.
    As long as the beef & chicken is labelled so people know where they are from then what is the problem? UK meat is fairly cheap & British people 9 times out of 10 would prefer to buy British beef, just like the Japanese prefer their own rice so let the US export their crappy meat, it wont be long before they realise that hardly anyone wants it, making it not worthwhile shipping it over.

  • @mountbattenstgeorge6008
    @mountbattenstgeorge6008 17 часов назад +1

    Kennedy wants to improve US food standards. Why doesn’t UK push for US to adopt UK food standards.

  • @blueboy3990
    @blueboy3990 День назад +59

    The UK should rejoin the EU to offset the trade losses from the US tariffs

    • @2dradon2
      @2dradon2 День назад +10

      Agreed. More and more opinion polls are showing since 2021, brits support rejoining rather than staying out. Plus younger generations are far more on average prefer rejoining. Seems like a matter of time for the next generation.

    • @kevinh4869
      @kevinh4869 День назад +20

      No thanks

    • @kevinh4869
      @kevinh4869 День назад

      @@2dradon2 Almost like there has been a never ending campaign by the left wing governments, and left wing media to propagandise our people. chalking up every bad decision our politicians make as a fault of Brexit.

    • @blueboy3990
      @blueboy3990 День назад +14

      @@kevinh4869 Where's the additional 250 million £ for the NHS each week ?

    • @luxid413
      @luxid413 День назад

      @@blueboy3990going to illegals

  • @humanbeing4841
    @humanbeing4841 День назад +35

    With RFK Jr. as US Health Secretary, we might see the end of chlorinated chicken.

    • @keithknight42
      @keithknight42 День назад +7

      If we're forced to have the same shoddy food standards as the US, I'm emigrating to NZ that's for sure.

    • @humanbeing4841
      @humanbeing4841 День назад +6

      @keithknight42 Like I said. I think we're going to see radical improvements in US food standards now that RFK Jr. is expected to be Health Secretary in Trump's administration. RFK Jr. has his head screwed on straight when it comes to health.

    • @thomasbootham2707
      @thomasbootham2707 День назад +6

      @@keithknight42 New Zealand food standards are apparently awful according to the average remainer 😂

    • @keithknight42
      @keithknight42 День назад +1

      @@humanbeing4841 You could be right, but from what I've heard he's a complete nut job

    • @MrPoncious
      @MrPoncious День назад

      The US only works top down when corporations are calling the shots. I seriously doubt RFK will do any of these things.

  • @Dextrovix-42
    @Dextrovix-42 День назад +8

    Obama said "we trade with blocks" and we're out of one of the biggest ones going, so we're at the back of the queue. And I don't want their eggs or chickens anyway, they're not hygienic enough.

    • @alistairmonro
      @alistairmonro День назад +1

      You don't have to. Go and support your local farmers.

  • @soldatox3019
    @soldatox3019 День назад +7

    Maybe the US should have better food standards, not just for export but also for their own health.

    • @2001MBKBooster
      @2001MBKBooster День назад

      There is nothing with US food standards. The chlorine washed chicken and hormone beef are just protectionist talking points - as is the US ban on UK beef and beef products. They are only in place to protect domestic producers. Americans are not dropping down dead from eating their beef or chicken and nor are UK citizens getting ill from eating their home-grown beef.

  • @distinctdipole
    @distinctdipole День назад +12

    Still without a US trade deal, and still without any Brexit benefits... just ever increasing Brexit costs.

    • @BanterRanterr
      @BanterRanterr День назад

      @@distinctdipole Brexit made little sense after 2017, and it was a lousy concept in the first place, but it may have had some positives. She should not have triggered art.50 because at the time circumferences had already changed.

    • @alistairmonro
      @alistairmonro День назад

      ​@@BanterRanterryou can't hold a referendum then not enact the will. People already have distrust for the GOV.

    • @BanterRanterr
      @BanterRanterr День назад

      @alistairmonro Fair point, but it was unwise to trigger Art 50 instead she should wait as long as possible and prepare infrastructure, et cetera. In the meantime, she could talk to the public and explain all the facts that ERG and Tufton Street lied about. The Brexit that was promised was impossible to implement; it never existed. People were misled and failed by the media.Have a great week end.

    • @alistairmonro
      @alistairmonro День назад

      @BanterRanterr I agree it should have waited. But iirc the UK were pressured into this by the EU, something along the line of 'we can't negotiate until you trigger it'. I also seem to remember a very remain bias from the media. Especially on panel shows. I believe the negotiations were rushed by people who never wanted to leave.
      I think the upshot of this is, no matter which side of the political isle we are on, the politicians screwed us all AGAIN.

    • @Joey-ct8bm
      @Joey-ct8bm День назад

      Because there are none. There will never be one. In a free trade deal British companies will lose to the much bigger one of the US. They will get eaten. In the EU Britain is the bigger economy.

  • @ashleyfunnell9132
    @ashleyfunnell9132 День назад +6

    Like ourselves the EU has been in decline for a long time as is our mutual trade.
    The US is growing at the fastest rate and that is projected to continue. Over the long term the potential upside of a US deal far outweighs the downside of lost trade with the EU.

    • @pauldenney7908
      @pauldenney7908 День назад

      US growth is built on Debt, 35 trillion and counting, they are heading for a crash, it's only a matter of time.

    • @English_Dawn
      @English_Dawn День назад

      Notwithstanding also,
      🇬🇧 has rejoined the WTO.
      🇬🇧 Has joined the CPTPP.
      * Membership of the above organisations preclude 🇬🇧 joining the EU.
      🇬🇧 Already has trade agreements with individual states. A 🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸 trade deal would only fill the blanks with states that have not signed up.

    • @Alexander-yb1zc
      @Alexander-yb1zc День назад

      The US wants the UK to open the NHS to its pharmaceutical companies and buy chlorinated chicken, the UK people don't want that.
      Unless the US backs down a deal will never been achieved.

  • @calc1657
    @calc1657 День назад +1

    Horsemeat is legal in the UK, but treated chicken is 'grim'. We all have our standards. They eat dog and cats in some east asian countries.

  • @purpledevilr7463
    @purpledevilr7463 День назад +3

    Can? Yes.
    Would? Probably not.

  • @adamgbk1
    @adamgbk1 День назад +2

    I mean I’m not sure the food standards issue in his first term will be present in this one with RFK and his commitments to better food in all honesty

  • @IvoryTowerInsights
    @IvoryTowerInsights День назад +6

    The UK is OUR colony now-What a turn of history.

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 День назад

      Are you referring to America, or India, because both seem true at this point.

    • @wardy6224
      @wardy6224 День назад

      Touch grass

  • @jonswap9097
    @jonswap9097 День назад +2

    After the Labour woke brjgade headed by Starmer insulted Trjmp repeatedly, it seems unlikely that the UK will be able get a beneficial deal.

  • @AdamSmith-gs2dv
    @AdamSmith-gs2dv День назад +2

    I hope Trump gives Starmer absolutely nothing. Pay back for sending Labour over here to campaign for Harris

    • @jamessloven2204
      @jamessloven2204 День назад

      Seriously, where is the follow up to that story?

  • @Mrpersonman0
    @Mrpersonman0 15 часов назад

    Shipment arrives from 'Murica, UK slaps a label on it, Shipment arrives in EU, profit.

  • @pbrown0829
    @pbrown0829 День назад +1

    Free trade and 100% open markets for everything between the US and UK would be cool.

  • @Woodzta
    @Woodzta День назад +1

    I'm happier with having the ability to make our own deals, not necessarily with the US unless there's some mutual benefit.

  • @dannybeane2069
    @dannybeane2069 День назад +1

    Considering the Torries during Trump's first term were comparably far left to him, I seriously doubt Starmer is going to have any hope.

  • @lensy6
    @lensy6 День назад +5

    important to note about chlorinated chicken, the eu's ban is not predicated on it being unsafe, but on it potentially allowing poorer hygiene elsewhere to be unchecked. the eu did not ban it for being unsafe to eat.

    • @maotseovich1347
      @maotseovich1347 11 часов назад +1

      It's also not the only problem with US food or meat products for UK or EU food standards, but it is the most ridiculous sounding one, which is why that particular item got memed on so hard by the press and the public, and Trump has given RFK a mandate to fix most or all of those issues and demonstrate a measurable improvement in US health within 2 years.

  • @_xeere
    @_xeere День назад +1

    Why do people keep saying "special relationship" as if that's a real thing? Not a single American believes such a relationship exists.

    • @jamessloven2204
      @jamessloven2204 День назад

      In my experience, every American is Pro-UK. It is certainly Americans favorite foreign country, with the possible exception of Canada.

    • @maotseovich1347
      @maotseovich1347 11 часов назад

      Nor most Brits, especially since 2003 - as can be seen quite evidently in the movie _Love Actually_

  • @focusonrevenues
    @focusonrevenues День назад +1

    Welcome to NAFTA3. Hopefully the UK accept the deal because it has been the only option you all had since Brexit.

  • @CMJ321
    @CMJ321 День назад +2

    I'm going vegan if that chicken comes here!

  • @aldine_KSP
    @aldine_KSP День назад

    As an American, we need to strengthen our food administration and toughen standards. Unhealthy food= unhealthy people

  • @Anti-CornLawLeague
    @Anti-CornLawLeague День назад

    The U.K. should just bring back the unilateral free trade they had from the 1860s to 1930s.

  • @gishjalmr5628
    @gishjalmr5628 День назад +7

    The US should tie freedom of speech to the deal.

    • @lukefleetwood7958
      @lukefleetwood7958 День назад +1

      Our government would not understand what it is. The concept is alien to Labour.

  • @tomasborges3153
    @tomasborges3153 День назад +1

    Thanks for the video, great like always. However, at the end I believe you forgot to mention that the presence of RFK as health secretary may actually have a positive reform on Food and Pharma. Thus those 2 topics may not be as much of a barrier for a US-UK trade deal as they were during Trump's first mandate.

  • @number2and3
    @number2and3 День назад

    What does the UK export the US? I buy Irish butter, but I legitimately do not know what British products are regularly in US markets or what sectors Britain exports to us.

  • @tomc9453
    @tomc9453 День назад +1

    Trump will never give us anything unless we simultaneously bend the knee and bend ourselves over a table, we would lose *_BIG TIME_*

  • @eriktopolsky8531
    @eriktopolsky8531 День назад +1

    Are you kidding me? Trump hates Starmer, no trade deal next 4 years

  • @Gunjack1440
    @Gunjack1440 День назад

    Starmer is too busy worrying about what people are saying online then to worry about a trade deal anyways.

  • @ceoanw
    @ceoanw День назад +4

    An American perspective, take it as you will.
    There are a few angles that seem to be missing from this analysis.
    1. PM Starmer isn't in the strongest of political positions right now. His government is built upon a very slim vote share in the 2024 elections of an already small voter turnout. His actions since his rise to the PM have been controversial in respect to how his actions are perceived to be pro-immigrant at the expense of native Brits. The question is, how much political power can Starmer wield in negotiations when his own position isn't as strong as he would wish?
    2. With the Biden Administration seemingly unwilling to commit to a FTA, the UK negotiated and signed Memorandums of Understandings with eight US states, seven of which voted Trump. There are a further four which are currently undergoing negotiations. While these are certainly not binding, they are sure signs that there is a basis for stronger trade agreements with the UK in the US.
    3. A minor one, but one to look at is how the Starmer Government has treated dissent voices against its policies and actions. I don't know exactly how that would affect a free trade agreement, but I wouldn't be surprised if it turned to be a stumbling block.
    4. A major part of the Trump platform that helped him win was RFK Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again fusion into the standard Trumpian "Murica First mantra. With his pending appointment to the Department of Health and Human Services, which controls agencies like the FDA, I wouldn't be surprised to see changes in the way the US manufactures and processes its food. There may be a chance that the UK can encourage a market in the US for healthier food items.
    I fully support the UK doing what they think is best for the UK. If that means no FTA because the US won't stop washing our chicken in bleach, I'm all for it. Each nation needs to do as it deems best.

    • @wilhatton2406
      @wilhatton2406 День назад

      The notion that starmer is in a precarious political position right now is just not true and is generally only repeted by crazy people who say starmer needs to resign every week. He still has a massive politcal majority and will likely use it for the next 5 years at least.

    • @maotseovich1347
      @maotseovich1347 11 часов назад +1

      @@wilhatton2406 He has a massive majority in Parliament but his approval rating is garbage. The best thing he has going for him at the moment is that the Tories for some reason elected the one person who has a _worse_ approval rating than Starmer to be their new leader, and it's _significantly_ worse.
      And if the Tories replace her without a really good excuse, Labour could literally just campaign on "vote Tory for another 5 years of Musical Chairs at No.10!"

    • @maotseovich1347
      @maotseovich1347 11 часов назад +1

      RFK has given chlorination of chicken as an example of bad US food practices that need to be ended. You can see it in one of his campaign videos on his YT channel.

  • @Johnson_2022
    @Johnson_2022 День назад +1

    When it comes to a trade deal I do believe there is more grounds for it than simply the "special relationship". This is because a trade deal doesn't inherently fly in the face of an America first model depending on what industries are included. For example, one based on an exchange of US manufactured goods for UK service jobs could work quite well.
    The Pound is on average stronger than the Dollar making imports a valid option for consumers and reducing the reliance that most of the population has on Chinese goods (which are worse environmentally and morally than even the ugliest of the US). The injection of British money would also help jump start these US domestic operations via having a larger market more able to by thier goods in the early phase, helping them get established.
    The US also provides plenty of opportunity plenty of opportunities for the UK specialist worker alongside the burocrat and university educated class due to thier comparatively higher social mobility.
    When it comes to pharmacal trade it will be a rather big help partially when it comes to medicine for psychological issues, it only being two years ago when they were incredibly hard to get a hold of. The UK's state rather than private healthcare system also removes many of the factors that make them so expensive state side.
    A side benefit is also that it keeps the US interested in the European theatre so even if it leaves NATO it won't be hanging the continent out to dry due to it's vested interests in the UK. Ironically a good thing for the EU still having the US military in thier back pocket if things really hit the fan without the constant nagging.

  • @English_Dawn
    @English_Dawn День назад +1

    🇬🇧 Already has trade agreements with individual states - in the teens. A 🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸 trade deal would only fill the blanks with states that have not signed up.

  • @Sock1122
    @Sock1122 День назад +3

    1:30 saying Agri instead of Agricultural doesn't save a huge amount of time, but it does make it sound like you're saying "angry businesses"

    • @JVNFM
      @JVNFM День назад +3

      The term agribusiness refers to the combination of agriculture and business, encompassing all the economic activities related to the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural goods.

  • @blackbaron0
    @blackbaron0 День назад +2

    America would have far more power in the relationship, so any deal would favour them heavily. Doesn't mean it would not be a good thing, but it would be largely be on America's terms.
    Oh and of course, if it does not suit America, they'd tear it up - just like Trump did for NAFTA.

    • @gerardflynn7382
      @gerardflynn7382 День назад

      NAFTA still exists, Trump just changed the name.

    • @sirbillthegreat8871
      @sirbillthegreat8871 День назад

      Trump have an emotional attachment to the UK like he does to Israel. He might abandon some of his America first for it

  • @stevenjoy3537
    @stevenjoy3537 21 час назад

    We already have deals with 8 of the states in America. Their combined wealth is worth more than the lower 23 countries of the EU. We are also, now, a member of the CPTPP which has a much bigger population than the EU

  • @Jonas_M_M
    @Jonas_M_M 9 часов назад

    In times of tariffs, Starmer would be foolish to not aim for a US-UK Trade Deal!

  • @rubberduck3788
    @rubberduck3788 День назад

    "Will Nigel Farage try to ruin any potential deal between the USA and UK by using his friendship with Trump as a method of giving himself some bargaining power / leverage / power"

  • @stephenv1853
    @stephenv1853 День назад

    Also worth mentioning if such a deal did go through most experts think uk gdp would only increase by around 0.1 - 0.3% over a number of years

  • @captainbligh3894
    @captainbligh3894 56 минут назад

    Hopefully not. The UK population has to take responsibility for whom they elected !!!!

  • @paullarne
    @paullarne День назад +1

    The deal only needs to be as simple as an exemption from the tariffs that Trump will put up against the EU and China. Otherwise, trade between the UK and US is plentiful and in balance so doesn't need meddled with, though it would be good if the US joined CPTPP which may happen if only so that China can't.

  • @michaelbarnard8116
    @michaelbarnard8116 День назад +10

    The UK can never rejoin the EU because it will never have the Euro as its currency 😢

    • @stephenconway2468
      @stephenconway2468 День назад +1

      Technically that might not be a real hurdle. The issue is that the opt-out is not a formal one. Sweden does not have the opt-out either.

    • @English_Dawn
      @English_Dawn День назад +3

      Also:-
      🇬🇧 has rejoined the WTO.
      🇬🇧 has FTA's with some (13?) individual US State. California alone has a bigger GDP than France.
      👉 🇬🇧 Joined the CPTPP. It cannot be a member of the CPTPP & EU.
      👉Britain thought it was joining a trade bloc. They admitted they were mistaken. What trade bloc demands a share of your fish!!!!!
      The EU has transformed from a trade bloc to a centralised political body with a Commission that is not elected by the public.

    • @English_Dawn
      @English_Dawn День назад +1

      ​@@stephenconway2468 You cannot be a member technically of both the CPTPP and EU.
      Under it's current guise the EU is probably not long for this world.

    • @DACatface
      @DACatface День назад +1

      ​@@English_Dawn
      What are we trading with California!? The WEST COAST of the US.
      Also the top 75% of the gdp in California is financial & leisure services (London direct rival) transportation and utilities (internal) transport (internal) education (internal)
      How do we take advantage of those? They have nothing we need

    • @Leugim010
      @Leugim010 День назад

      @@English_Dawn Delusional. The eu is stronger than ever and Europeans have become much pro EU since Brexit

  • @senftleben
    @senftleben День назад +2

    6:39 What's with the ship mp4 lmao

  • @Alexander-yb1zc
    @Alexander-yb1zc День назад +4

    Over 50% of the UKs total exports is to the EU, rather sort out our relationship with them than the inflated tangerine.

  • @user-jj9eh9vf7u
    @user-jj9eh9vf7u День назад +1

    What would a "deal" with Trump even mean? Wouldn't he just walk away from any aspect of it as soon as convenient, and not care if any international court tells him otherwise?

    • @alistairmonro
      @alistairmonro День назад

      You should walk away from deals that are no longer convenient for you, or in this case your country.

    • @James-tv4pl
      @James-tv4pl День назад

      ​@@alistairmonro and destroy all of your diplomatic relationships? How stupid are you?

    • @alistairmonro
      @alistairmonro День назад

      @@James-tv4pl so you stay in a deal that costs your national economy/security/health to collapse because you don't want to loose a political 'friend'?
      What actual plane of existence are you on?

    • @James-tv4pl
      @James-tv4pl День назад

      @@alistairmonro ok, say you pull out of all deals that no longer benefit you, regardless of the interests of the other side or your relationship with them. You become known as untrustworthy. People are more cautious when making deals with you, and don't care to cut their own deals at your expense. Your alliances crumble. Suddenly, you find yourself all alone in the world, with no friends, weak trade deals, and powerful nations eager to exploit you. That's where that philosophy ends you

    • @alistairmonro
      @alistairmonro День назад

      @@James-tv4pl you make it sound so dramatic. If your wages go down are you going to keep your charitable donations going out the bank, no matter how much you can't afford them? Just to save face? You have to look after yourself. A real partnership, friendship or alliance would understand that. Deals end all the time, especially when they are no longer beneficial.

  • @regarded9702
    @regarded9702 День назад

    Lovely to see the usual British optimism in these comments.

  • @peterwill7116
    @peterwill7116 11 часов назад

    We won’t hold our breath, we got nothing last time on the back of a huge Brexit hope..

  • @kevinh4869
    @kevinh4869 День назад +2

    The food standards and healthcare should not be much of an issue now that RFK is on board.
    This is all great news.

  • @purpledevilr7463
    @purpledevilr7463 День назад +4

    With RFK in charge of Health. This does actually become much more viable.
    The negatives of US products are dulled.

  • @chloebidwell228
    @chloebidwell228 День назад

    We shouldn't even be attempting to get one with them. Its pointless, we should not lower our standards and give the US more ability to replace our already struggling business'
    A US Trade deal would allow them to sell their shit to us in place of our own quality products. Raise NHS drug prices and basically not benefit us hardly anywhere near it would benefit the US. We sinply shouldn't bother at all, no point.

  • @GolemDude
    @GolemDude 23 часа назад

    Let’s do a trade deal with Ireland and France instead

  • @owen1994
    @owen1994 День назад

    "Why else would you have watched a 10 minute video..." - 6:46, let be for real please

  • @gregogrady8027
    @gregogrady8027 День назад

    Not really a lot to trade between the UK and the US. Markets are too similar for the US to really find much benefit to the deal. That being said adding 62 million buyers to a market is rarely a bad thing within a trade agreement depending on terms. Brits joining NAFTA just doesn't make much sense.

  • @macbaryum
    @macbaryum День назад

    I was a big supporter of UK US trade during the first Trump administration. Seemed the UK wasn't interested in a deal because "Orangeman bad" so why would they want a deal this time? UK left the EU because they didn't want deals. F them.

    • @NativeAuslander
      @NativeAuslander День назад

      UK wasn't interested because the US was offering a terrible deal and trump just expected Britain to bend over and be happy about it, maybe this time he'll offer serious and non-insulting terms aye? But then again, knowing trump... probably not.

    • @gappergob6169
      @gappergob6169 Час назад

      ​@@NativeAuslanderUK just small country in bigger game. Few targeted sanctions and they gonna collapse faster than cuba. Should know their place and accept the deal 😂

    • @NativeAuslander
      @NativeAuslander Час назад

      @@gappergob6169 US is an imperialist empire in decline, soon as the dollar stops being the reserve currency they collapse.
      They should realise it's not the 90's anymore and the 'age of america' is over lmao, China is ascending.

  • @michaeledwards4329
    @michaeledwards4329 День назад

    With one BIG CONDITION, Starmer steps down.

  • @Paerigos
    @Paerigos День назад

    Yes, but it will be so horrible that Britain will have EU Ascention referendum immediately.

  • @goattm2
    @goattm2 День назад +18

    Why bother when we are in such a weak position? Rejoin the EU and we can get on their bandwagon instead. But they are too terrified of the right wing media who got us in this mess in the first place.

    • @paullarne
      @paullarne День назад +6

      Well we tried being in the EEC/EU for 47 years and the EEC bit was OK once Mrs Thatcher sorted the finances out but the EU time was an unmitigated disaster and had to be ended.

    • @kevinh4869
      @kevinh4869 День назад

      What alternative universe are you living in? Our media is dominated by the left. And how is it better to rejoin the EU unfavourable terms? Give away our self governance and border security, or some labelled chicken you don't have to buy..

    • @paologat
      @paologat День назад

      @@paullarneThatcher didn’t “sort the finances out”, she demanded huge privileges that unfortunately were granted. She should have been shown the door.
      When Brexitannia has had enough of its self inflicted misery, it can apply to join the EU again. But if it demands a’la carte membership again, this time it will not be granted - the rest of Europe has had enough of English exceptionalism.

    • @paullarne
      @paullarne День назад

      @@paologat The deal that Heath signed up to was manifestly unfair in that it involved us paying full price into the CAP whilst getting very little back from it. This was part of the reason why Denis Healey had to go to the IMF for a bailout in 1976 and a lot of the reason why Labout ran in 1983 on a policy of withdrawing from the EEC - even without a referendum.
      The 1984/85 talks resulting the CAP Rebate made it fairer so that at least Labour's policy was changed. It is a fact that the UK's membership always benefitted the EEC/EU. It is far less certain whether the UK got anything much back from it, so now we're gone. I don't believe we will ever be back and if we cant make a decent fist of things in the Free World - or "Third countries" as the EU call us, then that's our problem to deal with.

    • @paologat
      @paologat День назад

      @@paullarne UK used to get a 1000% return on investment on its membership fees (4% boost to GDP vs 0.4% discounted membership fee). Looks quite good to me.
      It’s debatable whether the EU ever received a net benefit from UK membership. I think the damage caused by UK’s brake on European integration far exceeds its past economic contribution.
      Brexitannia is now “free” to decide whether to obey decisions made in EU or in USA without its consent. Brexit, on the other hand, did wonders for European unity - I guess we have to thank you.

  • @nickbarton3191
    @nickbarton3191 День назад

    No, not unless Starmer sells out the NHS

  • @Boosher_
    @Boosher_ День назад +1

    6:40 who put a ship on screen 💀💀

  • @edcoughlan1035
    @edcoughlan1035 День назад

    Send Lammy in, he’ll get it sorted in no time 💪🏻

  • @getnohappy
    @getnohappy День назад

    Fully support a trade deal, just to watch all the right wingers who just care so much (now) about UK farmers freeze in the mental conflict between that and their love of Brexit.

  • @CharlesMorris-x7g
    @CharlesMorris-x7g День назад

    No it because the Tories couldn’t be bothered with doing anything in 14 years of power apart from making themselves richer

  • @legomovieman2
    @legomovieman2 День назад +4

    No Lmao. Tories said no to it based on climate, Kier would do it for malice against Britain.

  • @jacobbest5752
    @jacobbest5752 День назад +1

    Trump will benefit America but not anywhere else I don’t think.

  • @eriktopolsky8531
    @eriktopolsky8531 День назад

    Trump is preparing Genetically modified foods and medicine especially for UK markets 😅

  • @Fab666.
    @Fab666. День назад

    17 seconds in for an error
    ‘largest export market’ isn’t the US.. it’s the EU…. Triple.
    EU 186.4 47.4%
    US. 60.4 15.4%

  • @sw-reload9232
    @sw-reload9232 День назад

    I believe trump would decline such an offer just so he can help reform

  • @stuartjones1298
    @stuartjones1298 День назад

    “Weeks away” it’s more the 2 months

  • @stanthemafia
    @stanthemafia День назад

    A deal with the US is a scary thought

  • @fastcourse01
    @fastcourse01 День назад

    There's Victor Orban and Meloni in the EU. EU is completely different than before.

  • @simonhopkins3867
    @simonhopkins3867 4 часа назад

    Chlorine isn't the problem. We need to buy BRITISH.
    Our food suppliers need to buy BRITISH.

  • @MASTER_AL
    @MASTER_AL День назад

    Starmer ain't gonna do anything, any favours trump gives us will be because of his buddy Farage.

  • @gentlemandemon
    @gentlemandemon День назад +1

    I wouldn't count on it with Elon being in trump's ear

    • @jamessloven2204
      @jamessloven2204 День назад

      Why? Does Elon not want to export Teslas to Britain?

    • @gentlemandemon
      @gentlemandemon День назад +1

      @jamessloven2204 he wants control of the domestic market

    • @gentlemandemon
      @gentlemandemon День назад +1

      @jamessloven2204 and also, apart from the car stuff, I greatly dislike every policy he supports, from the anti-labor stances to the anti-LGBT+ commentary.

  • @exiletsj2570
    @exiletsj2570 День назад

    Yes but we don’t actually have anything they want or need.

  • @Unknown24466
    @Unknown24466 День назад +1

    I think Trump wants UK to be ‘51st US state’ or for UK to be tarrif free he would want a deal.

    • @neotropos
      @neotropos День назад +2

      I'd rather be the 51st state than have Starmer's Labour in charge

    • @gravel7614
      @gravel7614 День назад +1

      A lot of institutions and companies in the UK are owned by the US.
      And with reform uk being popular here. We might as well be the 51st state

    • @DagNeb_It
      @DagNeb_It День назад

      Us Americans are just waiting for this to be the mass thought

    • @justthatguy-yq2py
      @justthatguy-yq2py День назад

      ​@@gravel7614 why sir. America has a lot of owned companies in euro. What does reform have to do with this? Is it because nigel farage is a close personal friend of trump? Or are you just yapping?

    • @Aubrey2004-j4k
      @Aubrey2004-j4k День назад +2

      @@gravel7614reform isn’t even that popular. Like seriously

  • @plasmacannon1198
    @plasmacannon1198 День назад +1

    6:39 nice boat

  • @gravel7614
    @gravel7614 День назад

    Maybe its better to wait for the us to suffer from the tariff plan then the uk will have a strong position

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 День назад

    This video wasn't 10 minutes, it was barely 8.

  • @paulholdstock4751
    @paulholdstock4751 День назад +2

    Rejoin the EU is not a great , but our best bet imo

  • @michaeljensen6205
    @michaeljensen6205 День назад

    Starmer can only get a fresh hole ripped to him by Trump.