US Chamber of Commerce Encourages Advancing US-UK Trade Deal
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-U.K. Business Council issued a statement that the president's trip to England this week is a great time to "advance discussions on finalizing the U.S.-UK Economic Prosperity deal."
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The U.K. has hoped to win a quota arrangement to exclude its steel, aluminum and derivative products from Section 232 tariffs as part of that agreement, but the statement didn't mention that issue.
Marjorie Chorlins, U.S. Chamber of Commerce senior vice president for Europe, said: “The recently announced U.S.-UK Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD) provides a strong foundation to build on. We continue to encourage negotiators to reach a comprehensive agreement that not only lowers tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers but also opens up new opportunities for collaboration -- particularly in areas like AI and other advanced technologies, digital trade, and economic security.”