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I came to comment exactly the same thing. Someone who murdered a UK citizen then fled justice has been refused extradition by the USA, but the UK is supposed to
by orf 7y ago
I came to comment exactly the same thing. Someone who murdered a UK citizen then fled justice has been refused extradition by the USA, but the UK is supposed to extradite Assange?
Come on.
- ur-whale 7y agoYou're assuming the UK government has an actual choice in the matter. I don't think they do.
- bilekas 7y agoWhy wouldn't they exactly ?
- belval 7y agoThe parent is probably referring to Brexit, soon the UK will need to make a new trade deal with the US. Until that's done I doubt that we will see them say "no" to the US very often.
- threeseed 7y agoUK desperately needs a trade deal with the US. In order for them to have regulatory divergence from the EU there will have to leave on WTO terms. Without US opening up as a market UK will struggle to avoid a long term economic recession. And as we know Trump doesn't look at trade in isolation. He looks at the overall relationship like a child would i.e. "are they doing what I want or not". So there is zero chance UK will do anything this year that isn't to Trump's liking.
- bilekas 7y agoI'm curious what the UK could provide the US that would be much benefit for the US.. Tea ? The NHS might be on the table in the form of medicinal licencing within the UK or something, but I'm not sure what you mean..
- chinesempire 7y agoAssuming is always the worst of the decisions. https://www.uschamber.com/international/europe/us-uk-business-council/us-uk-trade-and-investment-ties https://www.uschamber.com/international/europe/us-uk-busines...
- adventured 7y ago> I'm curious what the UK could provide the US that would be much benefit for the US. Well the US imported $67 billion worth of goods alone from the UK in 2019. One of the six or seven highest figures among US trade partners; slightly higher than France. US services imports from the UK are typically around $40 to $50 billion. So, $110 +/- billion in total imports from the UK. A considerable sum (more so for them of course). The UK is also the largest single foreign investor into the US, representing 15% of all foreign direct investment. As individual countries go, the US is the largest importer of UK goods and services. They're the fourth largest export market for the US. It's a good economic relationship to maintain, clearly.
- bilekas 7y agoNice, thats really news to me. Every days's a schoolday. Should have done some research myself !
- thu2111 7y agoNo it doesn't. The UK has never had a trade deal with the US before and is doing fine. Lots of countries don't have trade deals with the US or the EU and also do fine. Please don't hype this up. Trade deals aren't that powerful.
- umanwizard 7y agoNobody is accused of mudering anyone. Recklessly but accidentally causing someone else's death is not "murder", at least in common-law jurisdictions.