US-UK trade: Basham on US trading attitudes
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Democracy Institute/Express.co.uk Follow-up More than half (52%) of People support a trade deal with the UK even though they don't support the Joe Biden administration going forward with negotiations. This is because20 individual US states have signed their own trade agreements with the UK in the absence of action from the federal government.
But with Irish lobbying still holding a lot of power within the ruling Democratic Party, a briefing against the UK led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has shown support for a trade deal. relationship with the Northern Ireland problem that affected
Support for a free trade deal with the UK fell by 6 points to 46% when concerns about Northern Ireland were raised, according to the monthly Tracker survey.
This follows a relentless attack on Britain by Ms Pelosi and other Democrats, and the UK's attempt to stop her EU land grab of Northern Ireland. .
Earlier this year, Ms Pelosi was accused of being "fundamentally ignorant" about the state by a source close to Northern Ireland's Secretary of State, Brandon Lewis.
It followed her threats to reject a trade deal with Britain if it sought to amend the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol in a law passed before the summer.
In a video interview with Express.co.uk (above) Patrick Basham, Director of the Institute for Democracy, said: said to The impact of the Northern Ireland issue comes in because Democrats have become more supportive of free trade agreements than Republicans.
In the past, Republicans have historically been less protectionist, but in recent years the reverse has happened, he explained.
This is the backdrop for Donald Trump canceling his trade talks with the EU and withdrawing from the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade agreements with countries such as Japan and Australia. It is in.
Mr Basham said:
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``This is because many Americans still support free trade agreements.
"If you single out a country to suggest that the United States might enter into a trade deal, then in all cases other than the United Kingdom will bring the worst results.”
He continued:
"There was a reversal on the American side. It was not so much that the opposition to free trade was concentrated on the political left: the protectionist pro-tariff trade unions and the politicians who represented them."
``The free market on the right side and the type of big business had an advantage.''
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Because there are right-wing populist Trump-type blue-collar voters who are very skeptical of these deals.
"Wealthy white Democrats now consider themselves liberals. They are more supportive of trade deals and internationalists."
About Northern Ireland , he said, "This is a real challenge and a hurdle to overcome."
He said:
"Thus, if those who support a trade deal with Great Britain believe that Northern Ireland will be harmed in any way, there is no doubt that they will change their minds.
146} "Northern Ireland will be part of the debate when it comes to the heart of a trade deal." We conducted a survey on