eu accounted for almost half of the u.s. trade, the u.s. trade accounting for 18% of uk exports. the clack is running until october. how confident are you that the deal will get done in time. i think the prospects of a trade deal with the usa being done by the end of october, that isn t going to happen. what is up to question is are we actually going to leave on the 31st of october. you know, we were promised march was the deadline. that s been rolled out to 31st of october. and i ve got a feeling that for boris johnson to deliver brexit he s going to have to be brave and he may need to call a general election before then. the 67 days to go until the deadline. we re entering one of the most extraordinary pieces of british history ever. brexit is a massive historic step and while the people want
good deal. fox news alert. earlier at the g7 summit president trump meeting boris johnson for the first time since he became the british prime minister holding crucial talks as britain s exit from the eu approaches. we re having very good trade talks, big trade deal. bigger than we ve ever had. tough talks ahead. fox news contributor and former party leader nigel farage joins us now to weigh in. welcome. thank you. what are your expectations for coming out of this meeting between pruch and the prime pree prime minister? ever since the president was elected, even before the inauguration, there were those in the president s team including himself who were very
optimistic about a big all-encompassing deal between the u.s. and the uk. here s the truth of it. when the president came on the state visit in june, i met with some members of the administration and they said that america s side of the deal was really very fully prepared. but the truth of it was that the uk side of it virtually nothing had been done. we had been through two and a half wasted years. there is a step change. i did threaten i did say i would take my own delegation out to d.c. this september/october to start some talks and i think i ve helped to push the british government into the right place. so look, at least we re now having a conversation. it isn t going to happen overnight. remember this. it s all dependent on us being free of the european union and that s boris johnson s biggest challenge. you say it s not going to happen overnight but in 2018 the
discussion between the leaders. the president talking to his counter part about a number of issues. speaking of trade, the u.s. mca trade deal could be the trade showcase of the first term of the trump presidency. we re going to be significantly expanding our trading relationship when the u.s. mca gets done and completed. our farmers love it, the unions love it, the workers love it. we have really great support and i think it s a very special agreement. speaking of trade deals, earlier today the president met with japanese prime minister shinzo abe, the two men hinting that a new trade deal between our countries could be announced at the g7. gentleman majapan is a major sey partner and it s important for the u.s. and japan to continue that work as well. i also want to tell you about a conversation that we had with the president earlier today. he was asked about russia and fe
he needs no advice. he s the right man for the job. i ve. saying that for a long time. i ve been saying it for a long time. he s the right man for the job. you re on message there. i m grateful, very grateful for that. the president also mentioned the possibility of a massive new trade deal, bilateral trade deal between the u.s. and japan. shinzo abe saying that as well. we may have more on that as we continue our coverage. he was asked if he thought russia should be able to rejoin the group. here s what we had to say about that. i think it s a work i in progress. we have a number of poe people t would like to see russia back. i think it would bed a van stays to the world. the president did not want to