SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019Trade deal requires US
compromise, Johnson says
ahead of Trump meeting
The prime minister arriving in Biarritz yesterday for the G7 summit (Getty)
ANDREW WOODCOCK
POLITICAL EDITOR, IN BIARRITZ
Striking a post-Brexit trade deal with the US will not be “plain sailing”, Boris Johnson has warned as he
prepared for his first face-to-face meeting with President Donald Trump since becoming prime minister.
A US free trade agreement was held out by Leave campaigners including Mr Johnson as the greatest
potential benefit of EU withdrawal, but the PM has now conceded that he will require “compromises” from