John Bolton: Britain will be at ‘top of queue’ for trade deal after Brexit

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>One of Donald Trump’s most senior aides has insisted the UK will be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;at the top of the queue” for a trade deal after Brexit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>John Bolton&comma; the president’s national security adviser&comma; said Mr Trump was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;eager for the will of the British people to be carried out&comma; and he is even more eager to do a trade deal”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The veteran US politician also attempted to assuage widely-held concerns over the potential damage from a no-deal Brexit&comma; highlighting how Britain would be able to boost transatlantic trade&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;People who worry about the United Kingdom crashing out of the European Union – they are going to crash right into the United States&comma;”<&sol;em> Mr Bolton told Sky News&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are standing here waiting to make a trade deal with a UK independent of the EU&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump has predicted that trade between the US and UK will increase &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;very substantially” after Britain’s departure from the EU&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking earlier this month&comma; he said that Brexit had been negotiated &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;badly” but he would like to see the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;whole situation work out”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are talking with them about trade and we can do a very big trade deal with the UK&comma;”<&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Former US president Barack Obama drew the ire of Brexiteers in the run-up to the 2016 referendum by saying Britain would be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;at the back of the queue” to negotiate a trade deal it left the EU&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Bolton told Sky News&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This isn’t the Obama administration&semi; Britain will be at the top of the queue for us&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The prospect of a wide-ranging post-Brexit free trade deal with the US has not been universally welcomed in Britain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some critics have warned that Washington could demand unfettered access to the UK for American farmers to UK consumers&comma; potentially damaging British producers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There have also been warnings over food standards&comma; although they have been vociferously rejected by US figures including Mr Trump’s ambassador to the UK&comma; Woody Johnson&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ec9ec2bbba7">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ec9ec2bbba7'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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