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NHS 'off the table' in US trade talks?
According to various media reports, Boris Johnson will tell Donald Trump that the NHS is “off the table” in negotiations over a post-Brexit trade deal with the US.
The prime minister claimed his 'red lines' for negotiations included any idea of American firms buying parts of the state-funded health service. Hhe is meeting Trump at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
He also said the US would have to open its markets to British goods, including lamb and beef, which are barred, and lower its tariffs.
Johnson claimed he would tell the president “that when we do a free trade deal, we must make sure that the NHS is not on the table, that we do not in any way prejudice or jeopardize our standards on animal welfare and food hygiene in the course of that deal, and that we open up American markets.”
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