If that proves too high a goal, Boris can always achieve swift wins by advancing deals with Indiana towns and municipalities directly. Loogootee, Mulberry and Russiaville stand ready!
So out of interest, what does Indiana produce that will benefit us in the UK?
Doesn’t this still need approval by the US Congress anyway? I’m pretty sure US states can’t unilaterally enter trade deals with foreign countries.
F*ck!…What did they give away this time? The Queen?
Trade with a distant ‘flyover state’ was certainly worth giving up easy trade with back waters like Germany and France! /s
Not a trade deal. Trade is regulated by the federal government.
Interesting as the BBC article links to this article on Cons home.
This article claims **”The Left are at it again on the subject of a Free Trade Agreement with the US. They ignore that we have completed five rounds of negotiations at a federal level. They say of our state level efforts: “Individual states cannot sign trade agreements.”They can. (California did so with Japan only in March this year in a deal to boost trade and tackle climate change. They say: “The Americans have sent us to the back of the queue.” They haven’t. Britain remains one of the largest foreign direct investors in America. They say: “US Federal officials just aren’t interested in UK all the time there are negotiations on the Northern Irish Protocol”**
It’s all very muddy language at the moment claiming that this the framework for lots of future deals with states but it skirts around the whole concept of the USA – UK trade deal.
At no point does anywhere explicitly say “all this is dependant on a real trade deal between the two countries (that I can see) and it doesn’t seem to recognise the problems of a USA trade deal and the GFA. Lots of “hurrah” stuff from brexit fans.
Complete non story being run out by the tories as part of their damage control
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MOU’s are non binding and could have been done by the UK even as EU members so not a brexit benefit.
Also MOU’s are signed so often that they are often barely a news story
that wasnt run out as some achievement (possibly because Ireland still be an EU member state would show it’s bs brexit benefit)
Not really worth the paper it’s written on:
>SECTION 10: FINAL PROVISIONS
This MOU is not legally binding and does not create any legal, equitable, or financial rights, obligations, or liabilities for the Participants.
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>The Participants are committed to acting in good faith. Any disagreements between the Participants about the interpretation or application of this MOU will only be settled by consultation and negotiation between the Participants and not referred to any third party, court, or tribunal.
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If that proves too high a goal, Boris can always achieve swift wins by advancing deals with Indiana towns and municipalities directly. Loogootee, Mulberry and Russiaville stand ready!
So out of interest, what does Indiana produce that will benefit us in the UK?
Doesn’t this still need approval by the US Congress anyway? I’m pretty sure US states can’t unilaterally enter trade deals with foreign countries.
F*ck!…What did they give away this time? The Queen?
Trade with a distant ‘flyover state’ was certainly worth giving up easy trade with back waters like Germany and France! /s
Not a trade deal. Trade is regulated by the federal government.
Interesting as the BBC article links to this article on Cons home.
[https://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2022/05/penny-mordaunt-they-said-a-us-trade-deal-couldnt-be-done-it-can-we-are-doing-it.html](https://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2022/05/penny-mordaunt-they-said-a-us-trade-deal-couldnt-be-done-it-can-we-are-doing-it.html)
This article claims **”The Left are at it again on the subject of a Free Trade Agreement with the US. They ignore that we have completed five rounds of negotiations at a federal level. They say of our state level efforts: “Individual states cannot sign trade agreements.”They can. (California did so with Japan only in March this year in a deal to boost trade and tackle climate change. They say: “The Americans have sent us to the back of the queue.” They haven’t. Britain remains one of the largest foreign direct investors in America. They say: “US Federal officials just aren’t interested in UK all the time there are negotiations on the Northern Irish Protocol”**
It’s all very muddy language at the moment claiming that this the framework for lots of future deals with states but it skirts around the whole concept of the USA – UK trade deal.
At no point does anywhere explicitly say “all this is dependant on a real trade deal between the two countries (that I can see) and it doesn’t seem to recognise the problems of a USA trade deal and the GFA. Lots of “hurrah” stuff from brexit fans.
Complete non story being run out by the tories as part of their damage control
​
MOU’s are non binding and could have been done by the UK even as EU members so not a brexit benefit.
Also MOU’s are signed so often that they are often barely a news story
here is one from just 2 days ago between Ireland, the UK and the US [https://www.newsletter.co.uk/business/consumer/a-memorandum-of-understanding-has-been-signed-3707987](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/business/consumer/a-memorandum-of-understanding-has-been-signed-3707987)
that wasnt run out as some achievement (possibly because Ireland still be an EU member state would show it’s bs brexit benefit)
Not really worth the paper it’s written on:
>SECTION 10: FINAL PROVISIONS
This MOU is not legally binding and does not create any legal, equitable, or financial rights, obligations, or liabilities for the Participants.
​
>The Participants are committed to acting in good faith. Any disagreements between the Participants about the interpretation or application of this MOU will only be settled by consultation and negotiation between the Participants and not referred to any third party, court, or tribunal.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-and-indiana-trade-and-economic-memorandum-of-understanding/memorandum-of-understanding-on-economic-cooperation-and-trade-relations-between-indiana-and-the-united-kingdom