UK-US Trade Deal

Debate between Elizabeth Truss and Imran Ahmad Khan

Monday 2nd March 2020 Commons Chamber

[Elizabeth Truss]

My right hon. Friend makes a typically Ricardian case for lower tariffs and lower barriers. He is right. It will help our British citizens to lower their cost of living, which is good for us all.

[Imran Ahmad Khan (Wakefield) (Con)]

Ever since King George III accepted John Adams’s credentials as ambassador to the United States, both states respectively have regarded each other as sovereign equals and worked ceaselessly towards fostering ever closer diplomatic, military, cultural and commercial ties. Does the Secretary of State agree that a future free trade agreement should be seen as part of this story? I am a proud Yorkshireman, and like many of those who come from God’s own country, we love the USA. Any agreement that makes it easier for my American friends to more easily and affordably buy Harrogate’s world-famous Yorkshire Tea is to be welcomed.

[Elizabeth Truss]

I do agree. I know the Americans have an affinity both for Yorkshire tea and Yorkshire beer.