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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

Liz Truss's US trade deal admission 'proves Brexit is an unmitigated disaster'

Liz Truss has admitted there won't be trade negotiations with the US in the 'short to medium term'

LIZ Truss’s admission that negotiations for a post-Brexit free trade deal with the US will not resume for years is a “humiliating” U-turn after years of “hyped-up rhetoric”, the SNP have said.

The Prime Minister, who served as trade secretary between 2019 and 2021, said that her priorities will now be striking agreements with India and the Gulf states, as well as pacts with other nations including Australia and Japan.

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