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US Ireland lobby could stop US-UK free trade deal

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: UNITED STATES
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: United States United Kingdom NA Canada China Ireland Mexico NAFTA EU Northern Ireland

Topical: international relations foreign policy foreign trade ethnic food health pharmaceutical security economy industry politics government talks legislation party
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2019), "US Ireland lobby could stop US-UK free trade deal", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB245560

Friday, August 2, 2019

Significance

The communication is emblematic of the US Ireland political lobby and its concern about Brexit, Ireland and US-UK ties.

Impacts

A delayed US-UK FTA would be politically damaging to Johnson and Trump, who both want to prioritise trade and deals.
Trump has said work is under way on the FTA; even so, agreeing a fully fledged FTA will take years.
Trump may agree an interim set of trade measures with Johnson that both would try to sell as a win.
Johnson may soon visit Washington to build up UK-US ties.

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