Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith calls for urgent trade talks with the United States, criticising the government’s lack of action amid poor economic growth.
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00:00The United Kingdom has the opportunity, in my view, to secure an agreement with the U.S.
00:05We have one with the European Union.
00:07Putting alongside that an agreement with the U.S., our largest single trading partner would
00:11be a really good benefit to growth in this economy, badly needed growth after what the
00:16Chancellor's been doing over the last six months.
00:19But to do that, we've got to engage.
00:21So the Prime Minister is going to talk to European leaders tomorrow, but where is the
00:26plan to talk to the United States?
00:29Where's the plan to reverse the disastrous Chagos policy, to apologize for comments that
00:34he and his cabinet have made in the past, and get round the table and talk about the
00:39opportunity of not just avoiding tariffs, but delivering real, cheaper goods for people
00:44in this country by securing a trade deal with our closest partner, the U.S.?