Trade chief Kemi Badenoch will launch mini trade deal talks with another three American states to try and secure a pre-election Brexit boost.
Ministers are kicking off discussions with New York, Colorado and Oregon in the coming weeks, LBC can reveal.New York's huge £2trillion dollar economy could be opened up to British markets if a deal if signed in the coming months.But a bumper US-wide deal is still off the table for now.Seven mini-deals have already been struck with individual states to try and boost trade links.Those include links with Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Washington, and Florida.
And ministers are confident that they will be able to strike the long-awaited deal with India by the time they and the UK head to the polls this year, despite reports they are pressuring them to water an agreement down.The next few weeks are expected to be crucial for talks as India will vote in April.One source said: "Not everyone will get what they want, but we think we can get it over the line.
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