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Trump wavers after saying NHS must be on table in US-UK trade talks
The Manchester Guardian ^ | June 5, 2019 | Rowena Mason, Deputy political editor

Posted on 06/05/2019 10:55:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Donald Trump has declared he wants the NHS to be on the table in any US-UK trade deal and refused to meet the “negative” Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who pledged to oppose US corporations taking over the health service with every breath in his body.

On the second day of his state visit, during which he has been hosted by the Queen and Theresa May, the US president set out his ambitions for a “phenomenal” post-Brexit trade deal with the UK.

But following a cross-party backlash, the president later appeared to row back on his comments. In an interview with Good Morning Britain’s Piers Morgan, he said: “I don’t see [the NHS] being on the table. Somebody asked me a question today and I say everything is up for negotiation, because everything is. But that’s something I would not see as part of trade. That’s not trade.”

Appearing earlier in the day alongside the outgoing prime minister at a joint press conference, Trump said US companies should have market access to every sector of the British economy as part of any deal, which he said could lead to a tripling of trade with the UK.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: abortion; boycotts; brexit; brexitparty; canada; europeanunion; infanticide; medicareforall; mexico; nafta; nato; nhs; obamacare; piersmorgan; sanctions; tariffs; theresamay; trade; unitedkingdom; usmca

1 posted on 06/05/2019 10:55:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why would President Trump get involved with the NHS? It is part of Britain's internal politics and doesn't affect us. It doesn't make sense. I smell FAKE NEWS.
 
2 posted on 06/05/2019 11:34:17 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (September 11, 2001 : Never forget, never forgive.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More fake news.
He just said everything will be on the table.
Waste of time


3 posted on 06/05/2019 11:35:58 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If it comes out of the Manchester Guardian...it’s probably 50-percent fake news.


4 posted on 06/05/2019 11:53:35 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
Why would President Trump get involved with the NHS? It is part of Britain's internal politics and doesn't affect us. It doesn't make sense. I smell FAKE NEWS.

I think he just wants US companies to be able to sell drugs and medical devices to them.

That makes a lot of sense. Other than selling drugs, there is a huge danger that US based socialists will want to import the whole NHS scheme into the US, warts and all, if we let them get any first hand experience with it.

5 posted on 06/06/2019 12:02:43 AM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump is correct. Free trade means everything is on the table. The free trade agreements the Bush, Clinton and Obama administrations have given us are thousands of pages long and after implementation expanded by bureaucracies with thousands of more pages of regulations and administrative dictates. The regulations and restrictions in those agreements limit freedom and provide advantages for specific nations or companies. What has been sold to us as “free” trade is actually managed trade. The sad thing is the stipulations mean US businesses and workers are restricted while our trading “partners” have open access to our market.

Have you ever seen a real cost benefit analysis of any free trade agreement ten years after it was signed. Have you ever heard of a free trade agreement being modified over time to remove the restrictions on US companies in foreign markets?


6 posted on 06/06/2019 3:14:09 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on)
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Correct. The uk needs to end the NHS monopoly


7 posted on 06/06/2019 12:52:07 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama hated Assad as he wasn't a Muslim but an Alawite)
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