The British ambassador to the U.S. is taking a road trip this week across the Midwest in a borrowed electric Jaguar to meet with states that are maintaining high clean-energy standards even as the Trump administration rolls back federal environmental rules.
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He said he was disappointed the U.S. withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, but says he’s optimistic about progress individual states have made.
The U.K. is also still working through negotiations around its decision to leave the European Union, but Darroch said he is confident the country will have a deal this fall. The first priority for the U.K. will be to negotiate its own free-trade deal with the U.S., he said.
“We are disappointed by the administration’s decision to impose steel and aluminum tariffs,” Darroch told
CNBC. “On the other hand, we were encouraged by the agreement the president reached with the president of the European Commission a few weeks back on negotiating a new free-trade agreement on industrial goods apart from vehicles, and that would be a big step forward.”
Source:CNBC
