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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Security, not trade, is key to new PM’s hopes of building rapport with Joe Biden

Liz Truss speaks to journalists in New York
Liz Truss addressing to journalists in New York, where she is due to hold talks with Joe Biden on Wednesday. Photograph: Toby Melville/PA

Early signs are that Liz Truss, the new UK prime minister, is going to rely on the strength of its security relationship with the US, rather than the chimera of new trade or economic links to forge personal links with Joe Biden.

Her frank admission that there is no medium term prospect of a trade deal with the US may be an acknowledgment of the obvious, unsurprising to everyone save some Brexit fantasists.

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