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Originally Posted by Chris
This is a false dichotomy.
As an independent trading nation we are free to align wherever is in our interests and there’s no reason why we should be forced to pick one trading zone over another.
Pointing to Trump as a reason not to pursue good trading relations with the USA is also to fundamentally misunderstand the deep strategic and cultural ties between the UK and the USA that are on an entirely different level than anything a president who will be on the scene for no more than the next 4 years can undo.
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I disagree. Being a small nation when compared to these trading blocs, we need to ensure our strategic and economic interests are aligned with the trading partner that best meets our needs and best fits our values.
A trade deal with a US on a Trump trajectory that diverges from the need to trade efficiently with the EU requires a clear choice of alignment.