Obama Claim That UK To Be Last in Line for FTA Negotiations Still True, White House Says
President Barack Obama’s statement that the United Kingdom would fall to the “back of the queue” on U.S. trade agreement negotiations after exiting the EU remains true, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said June 27 (here). “The actual negotiations over…
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the [Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership] need to be looked at,” he said. “If we have to start from the beginning with the British people, it’s just going to, as a matter of fact, be at a different queue.” UK citizens voted on June 23 to leave the EU, setting in motion a roughly two-year administrative departure process (see 1606240041). Schultz also said the administration is still working with the EU to conclude TTIP negotiations this year.