<scp>UK‐US</scp> Trade Relations and ‘Global Britain’

A UK-US free trade agreement has consistently been presented as the main prize from UK's much touted post-Brexit policy independence. The UK Prime Minister's admission that this was not going to be realised any time soon may have surprised media pundits, but it merely confirmed what had become increasingly apparent since referendum: a with US long shot. Taken together short-lived suggestion of joining United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), we argue is desire perform ‘independence’ European Union rather than content which driving strategy.