PRESIDENT Joe Biden chats to smiling PM Rishi Sunak — who has played down the prospects of wrapping up a trade deal with America soon.
Mr Sunak said an agreement was not even discussed when they met for the first time at the G20 in Bali yesterday.
Rishi Sunak said a US trade deal was not even discussed as they met at the G2O in Bali
But he later said he was “filled with optimism” about deepening the overall trade relationship with the US.
Mr Sunak said the pair did talk about energy “and how we can work together to improve energy security”.
And he said he wanted a deal on Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements by next April’s 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
MR Sunak has said he will be “very happy” to publish his tax return — and would have “absolutely no trouble” with doing so by Christmas.
Sunak told Biden that he wanted to get a deal on Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements agreed by the 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement in April.
Mr Sunak didn’t use the term special relationship to describe the two countries but said it was “endearing and unique”.
The pair warmly shook hands with Biden putting his arm round the PM just ahead of the formal talks starting.
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