Dr Karen Jackson, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Assistant Head of School at the School of Organisations, Economy and Society, wrote an article for iNews about how under Joe Biden’s presidency, a US-UK trade deal would be less likely.
In the article, she wrote: "Reporting on the issue has generally suggested not much would change under Joe Biden should he win the 2020 US election, but this is an oversimplification. Just keeping Biden and his team at the negotiating table would take much more effort – so we can expect that the UK will need to offer more compromises under a Biden administration."
She added: “Biden’s campaign manifesto indicates that he is less interested in trade issues than Trump – he puts other policies, such as domestic infrastructure investments, further up the agenda than striking new trade deals. This means there is a big question mark over whether he will be keen to see his administration spending time negotiating a deal with the UK.”
Talking about this NHS, she wrote: “We may see the NHS red line crossed in an effort to conclude a trade pact with the US. Striking trade deals as part of Getting Brexit Done may be viewed as a worthwhile political gamble despite the negative publicity from opening up the UK healthcare market.”
Read the full article on the iNews website.
