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How it started in 2017

Boris Johnson has claimed that the UK is “first in line” for a free trade deal with the US after the Trump administration takes office on 20 January. On a hastily arranged trip to the US to reinforce previously weak links with Donald Trump’s transition team, Johnson also declared on Monday that the incoming administration had “a very exciting agenda of change”.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...th-trump-aides

Six years later

Joe Biden snubs UK and shelves plan for trade agreement in huge blow to Rishi Sunak

Joe Biden has shelved plans for a trade deal with the UK as the 2024 presidential elections looms closer.

Plans for a "foundational" trade agreement with the UK ahead of next year's national polls comes after Senate opposition and disagreements over the scope of the deal.

Talks were intended to end in the spring ahead of both countries heading to the polls.

But now the deal is not expected to go ahead, two people briefed by the British and US governments have said.

According to the Commons Library, negotiations for a US-UK trade deal started in May 2020 but there have been no talks since October 2020.

The prospect of a trade agreement between the UK and US has long been a major desire of successive Conservative Prime Minister's since the UK voted to exit the EU in 2016.

New negotiations were set to span a variety of topics, including agriculture ,labour rights, the environment, supply chains, regulation of services, digital trade documents and others.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...uk-rishi-sunak