Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Or Trump's Transatlantic Income Program.

Indeed. Some people forget that free trade agreements are relatively easy to negotiate if the junior partner is so desperate for a deal that it's willing to make all sort of concessions. A more balanced free trade deal takes time, effort, and clout. (And acting alone, the UK, with a population of just 65 million, will always have far less clout than the United States or the European Union.)

Yet Australia with a population of 23 million managed to get a deal with the USA in 15 months. Go figure.

An analysis of how successful that deal has been:
http://insidestory.org.au/the-costs-...t-with-america

There was considerable opposition to that arrangement within Australia because it was seen to benefit primarily the U.S. As I said, getting a free agreement is not difficult as long as the junior partner is willing to make concessions to the senior partner.

Also, Australian exports are based primarily on agricultural goods and raw materials, making it a very different case than the UK. But even with that in mind:

"Estimates also suggest trade between Australia and the United States fell in association with the implementation of AUSFTA - also after controlling for country-specific factors.[20] Shiro Armstrong also concludes Australia and the United States reduced their trade with the rest of the world by US$53 billion and are worse off than they would have been without the agreement.[21]"

(Studies cited on Wikipedia)

There is nothing to say that any current deal would not be better than that. Just that with the right motivation it can be done in a timely manner. As opposed to never with the EU.

They cannot have official negotiations or sign anything , that does not prevent unofficial talks with everything ready for when they can talk.

Mind you if we all listen to Cecilia Malmstrom the EU Commissioner the UK cannot negotiate anything at all with the EU until we leave , which goes against everything other EU leaders have said and is not what Article 50(2) states , the whole point of the 2 year period is to negotiate exit and future relationship, Ms Malmstroms colleagues have basically told her to keep quiet , as she obviously has no clue


There was talk of a TAFTA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transa...ree_Trade_Area

Yes there is that for one thing.

Then due to his schizophrenia Trump will be offering us a free trade deal with one hand and telling the population of the states to only buy American with the other.

You do wonder what we have to sell america.

Trump definitely doesn't want a free trade deal with china who manufacturer approx everything. So he's forming a FTA with those guys who don't have much to sell anyway.

Yes, seeing as Trump's whole campaign was about protectionist policies and having things made in America again by Americans it's a bit bizarre to imagine he'll be favourable towards another country (that's not Russia).

Trump has already said he will renegotiate or tear up the NAFTA agreement, thus indicating he would willingly renegade on a deal.

I could see Trump & the traitor Farage cooking up some deal in favour of the UK in an attempt to break up or damage the EU. But as Liam Fox accepted today a damaged EU is bad for the UK.

As has been seen in Scotland Trump can be very vindictive, (water cut off, huge piles of earth dumped next to a house) against those who oppose him. Can Trump be trusted not to sign a deal one day and tear it up the next?

Very good points. Trump is extremely volatile and one wonders if he can be trusted on anything. A populist like Farage has no problem hanging off his coat tails but I imagine May and her ministers are rather wary of Trump (I'd say most EU leaders are and so they should be).