Following Donald Trump’s US election victory, NFU international trade and global affairs senior adviser Lucia Zitti explains what this could mean for US-UK trade.
On 6 November Donald Trump was elected US president in what many are calling a historic comeback.
The Republicans were also able to flip the Senate. The votes for the House of Representatives are still being counted and it looks like it’s going to be a close result.
The results of the US election are going to impact the global economy and agriculture is not exempt.
During his campaign and previous presidency, Donald Trump presented in what one may describe as an ‘undisguised’ approach to agriculture and trade, focusing on deregulation, tariffs, protectionism and prioritising American farmers’ economic interests.
“The UK must prepare for an inward-looking US trade policy and the UK-US relations could face tensions with tariffs and disputes, with the aim of reducing the US trade deficit.”
NFU international trade and global affairs senior adviser Lucia Zitti
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