{"id":801450,"date":"2021-09-22T08:28:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T12:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=801450"},"modified":"2021-09-22T09:16:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:16:50","slug":"biden-dashes-johnsons-hope-for-quick-bilateral-trade-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-dashes-johnsons-hope-for-quick-bilateral-trade-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Dashes Johnson\u2019s Hope for Quick Bilateral Trade Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-dashes-johnsons-hope-for-quick-bilateral-trade-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=801450&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The UK\u2019s hope to reach a bilateral trade deal with the United States in the near future has been further diminished by U.S President Joe Biden on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The president issued a fresh warning about the Northern Ireland Protocol ahead of a meeting with British <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-prime-minister-boris-johnson\">Prime Minister Boris Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States\u2014a major selling point for Johnson when he campaigned on delivering Brexit in 2019\u2014seemed promising at the time with the backing of the then-U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>But the prime minister has been less optimistic about the prospect of sealing a deal soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the FTA, the reality is that Joe has a lot of fish to fry,\u201d Johnson told reporters on Monday while on his way to New York.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting\u00a0next to Johnson in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Biden said he and Johnson were to \u201ctalk a little bit about trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the prime minister mentioned the lifting of a 24-year ban on British beef imports by the previous U.S. administration, Biden said they were \u201cgoing to be working on lamb too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But when asked why he seemed to be taking a\u00a0different approach to a U.S.\u2013UK trade deal from that of his predecessor, who \u201csaid that the UK was in front of the queue,\u201d Biden didn\u2019t deny taking such approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are two separate issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the deal with the UK, that continues to be discussed,\u201d Biden told reporters, \u201cbut on the protocols, I feel very strongly about those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden said the United States had spent \u201can enormous amount of time and effort\u201d on the peace agreement in Northern Ireland, and that it had been a \u201cmajor bipartisan effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would not at all like to see, nor, I might add, would many of my Republican colleagues, like to see a change in the Irish accords, and the end result having a closed border again,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn that point, Joe, we are completely at one,\u201d Johnson replied, adding that \u201cnobody wants to see anything\u201d that may compromise the\u00a0Good Friday Agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the waning prospect of a bilateral FTA, British ministers are reportedly considering joining\u00a0an existing pact with the United States, Mexico, and Canada to boost trans-Atlantic trade in a major departure from their prior ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>But No. 10 Downing Street said the government is still working towards a bilateral FTA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus is on the U.S. stand-alone deal and that\u2019s what we\u2019re working towards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>While not prioritising an FTA with the UK, Biden appeared much more in tune with Johnson about the upcoming\u00a0Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow, saying he\u2019s \u201creally anxious to attend\u201d this summit \u201cwith bells on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>PA contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WEB_LilyZhou.jpg\" alt=\"Lily Zhou\" \/>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK\u2019s hope to reach a bilateral trade deal with the United States in the near future has been further diminished by U.S President Joe Biden on Tuesday. 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