For global leaders puzzling over how to negotiate with Donald Trump, the U.S. president¡¯s inaugural pact with the U.K. offers a few clues on how much ground he¡¯s prepared to give.
Thursday¡¯s announcement of their trade framework in the Oval Office shows Trump is willing to keen progress even without a final accord and that can buy political credit with the White House. There¡¯s also evidence that American levies can be talked down, but that may not be much more of a template, according to analysts.
"If you thought you were going to have to have a real deal done in 90 days, you¡¯ve now at least seen from the U.K. that that need not be true,¡± said Deborah Elms, head of trade policy at the Hinrich Foundation in Singapore. "You can have a sketch of an idea of a plan.¡±
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