How to prepare for a US-UK trade deal

Donald Trump wants to make a free-trade deal with Britain a priority after Brexit. Matthew Lynn explains why that's great news for these five industries.

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The final shake may come as soon as 2020
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At the G20 summit last weekend the US president, Donald Trump, repeated his promise of making a free-trade deal with the UK a priority. That might mean a deal that's ready to go in 2020. That is a big opportunity. The US is, alongside China, the world's largest economy. And as the proposed TTIP free-trade agreement between the US and the EU now looks dead in the water, we can forget about our EU rivals matching our access to that market any time soon. There is a lot to play for. Here are five industries that should come out ahead.

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Matthew Lynn

Matthew Lynn is a columnist for Bloomberg, and writes weekly commentary syndicated in papers such as the Daily Telegraph, Die Welt, the Sydney Morning Herald, the South China Morning Post and the Miami Herald. He is also an associate editor of Spectator Business, and a regular contributor to The Spectator. Before that, he worked for the business section of the Sunday Times for ten years. 

He has written books on finance and financial topics, including Bust: Greece, The Euro and The Sovereign Debt Crisis and The Long Depression: The Slump of 2008 to 2031. Matthew is also the author of the Death Force series of military thrillers and the founder of Lume Books, an independent publisher.