Trump Claims “Major Trade Deal” Will Come Today

The New York Times reports:

President Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that the United States will strike a trade agreement with Britain, according to people familiar with the plans.

Mr. Trump teased a new trade agreement in a social media post on Wednesday night, though he did not specify which nation was part of the deal. On Thursday, a senior British official confirmed that a deal with the United States had been reached.

Timothy C. Brightbill, an international trade attorney at Wiley Rein, said the announcement would probably be “just an agreement to start the negotiations, identifying a framework of issues to be discussed in the coming months.”

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