Liam Fox’s Brexit optimism is matched by President Trump’s
Liam Fox is well known for his optimism when it comes to Brexit. The International Trade Secretary has even been accused by his critics of wishful thinking over what Britain will look like outside of the EU. And so it was that as Fox headed to Washington this week to lay the groundwork for UK/US trade talks, there were murmurs that rather than preparing the ground for a free trade deal, these talks would be about nothing more than ensuring ‘continuity’ once Britain has left the EU. Wrong – at least one Yank shares his optimism. President Trump has taken to social media to talk up the ‘big and exciting’ ‘major trade deal’
