During President Trump’s recent visit to Europe, he expressed his desire to start working towards a post-Brexit trade deal with the U.K. While the reality of Britain’s continued entanglement with the European Union makes these plans seem far off in the future, this is not the first time the president has shown his eagerness to deepen the so-called Special Relationship. “I think everything with a trade deal is on the table,” he said after meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May on June 5. But it may surprise Trump, and many Americans, to find out that a stalled Brexit may not be the only thing holding back a U.K.-U.S. trade deal.
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