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In the months since Brexit, the British government has moved assertively to demonstrate its commitment to free trade. The U.K. recently announced an agreement in principle for a free trade agreement with Japan, and it has negotiated a wide range of continuity agreements with existing trading partners. But the U.K.’s most significant negotiating partner as a newly-independent trading nation is the United States. The fourth round of the Anglo-American negotiations have concluded, and both sides have announced their determination to reach an agreement. Join Liz Truss, the Secretary of State for International Trade, as she headlines a panel that includes Shanker Singham and Dan Hannan that will examine the UK-US negotiations and their place in Britain’s broader return to its historic role as a free trading nation after Brexit.

Ted Bromund (chair) | Senior Research Fellow in Anglo‑American Relations Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, Heritage Foundation

Rt Hon Liz Truss MP | Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities

Shanker Singham | CEO of the Competere Group, Chairman of Global Vision UK, a former cleared advisor to USTR and the UK Trade Secretary, and Chairman of GENN (Global Economic Neural Networks)

Dan Hannan | UK trade adviser, President of the Initiative for Free Trade and Visiting Professor at the University of Francisco Marroquín

Further reading

The Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/
Initiative for Free Trade: http://ifreetrade.org/
Competere Group: https://competere.co.uk/
Global Vision UK: https://globalvisionuk.com/

Department for International Trade “The UK’s Approach to Trade Negotiations with the United States”: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uks-approach-to-trade-negotiations-with-the-us

January 10, 2020, Ted R. Bromund, “The U.S. Should Pursue Visa Liberalization with the United Kingdom,” The Heritage Foundation, https://www.heritage.org/europe/report/the-us-should-pursue-visa-liberalization-the-united-kingdom

January 31, 2020, Ted R. Bromund, “Brexit’s Three Key Implications for U.S. Policymakers,” The Heritage Foundation, Thttps://www.heritage.org/europe/report/brexits-three-key-implications-us-policymakers

May 6, 2020, Ted R. Bromund, “How the U.S. Should Respond to the U.K.’s Negotiating Objectives for a Free Trade Agreement,” The Heritage Foundation, https://www.heritage.org/europe/report/how-the-us-should-respond-the-uks-negotiating-objectives-free-trade-agreement

January 30, 2020, Shanker Singham, “It’s time to seize the opportunities of Brexit and embrace a Global Vision,” Brexit Central, https://brexitcentral.com/its-time-to-seize-the-opportunities-of-brexit-and-embrace-a-global-vision/

February 2, 2020, Shanker Singham, “Britain must not put all its eggs in the EU basket,” https://globalvisionuk.com/britain-must-not-put-all-its-eggs-in-the-eu-basket/

September 2018, Initiative for Free Trade, “An Ideal US-UK Free Trade Agreement,” http://ifreetrade.org/publication/an_ideal_us_uk_fta