U.S. ready for a trade deal under new administration: UK foreign minister

Reuters

Published Jan 10, 2017 07:47AM ET

U.S. ready for a trade deal under new administration: UK foreign minister

LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday the incoming administration in the United States was keen to do a free trade deal with Britain.

Johnson, who traveled to the United States earlier this week to meet senior advisers to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, told parliament he had found a "huge fund of goodwill" for Britain.

"There was a huge fund of goodwill for the United Kingdom on Capitol Hill and a very large measure of understanding that now is the time to do a free trade deal," he said.