with president biden at the white house on thursday. it promises cooperation on advanced tech, clean energy and critical minerals. but it falls far short of the comprehensive free trade agreement with the us that the british government has been hoping for and had promised as a benefit of leaving the european union. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has hopes of a full free trade deal were dashed sometime ago because it was clear that biden had been interested in that. there were noises for some time that we might get something more about an alliance against external threats to economic security and furthering ambitions on net zero. while this might seem like a pick and mix trade alliance, little bits here when it comes to talking about protecting supply chains, a little bit about making it easier to swap data between us and american firms and a little bit here about green energy and nuclear, it is very much tied together in looking at what of those co
and had promised as a benefit of leaving the european union. here s our global trade correspondent gharshini david with an explanation of what this means for britain. all hopes of that full trade deal which would have covered about a sixth of the uk puzzling over seed trade with the rest of the world with frankly some time ago because it was clear that the joe biden administration wasn t interested in pursuing that end and instead they have been noises for some time that we might get something that was more about an alliance against what was seen as external threats to economic security and also furthering ambitions of net zero. while this might seem like a bit of a pick and mix trade alliance if you like, little bit sheer when it comes to talking about protecting supply chains and a little bit here about making it easier to swap data between us and american firms and a little bit more here about green energy and nuclear. it s actually very much tied together and looking a
and had promised as a benefit of leaving the european union. here s our global trade correspondent gharshini david with an explanation of what this means for britain. all hopes of that full trade deal which would have covered about a sixth of the uk puzzling over seed trade with the rest of the world with frankly some time ago because it was clear that the joe biden administration wasn t interested in pursuing that end and instead they have been noises for some time that we might get something that was more about an alliance against what was seen as external threats to economic security and also furthering ambitions of net zero. while this might seem like a bit of a pick and mix trade alliance if you like, little bit sheer when it comes to talking about protecting supply chains and a little bit here about making it easier to swap data between us and american firms and a little bit more here about green
with president biden at the white house on thursday. it promises cooperation on advanced tech, clean energy and critical minerals. but it falls far short of the comprehensive free trade agreement with the us that the british government has been hoping for and had promised as a benefit of leaving the european union. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has hopes of a full free trade deal were dashed sometime ago because it was clear that biden had been interested in that. there were noises for some time that we might get something more about an alliance against external threats to economic security and furthering ambitions on net zero. while this might seem like a pick and mix trade alliance,