We're certainly not on an equal footing. Trade deals are about power and taking the one for the EU as example because we (UK) need access to their markets more

We're certainly not on an equal footing. Trade deals are about power and taking the one for the EU as example because we (UK) need access to their markets more than they need access to ours then they always had the leverage It'll be the same with US, China etc. Even in the trade deals we've achieved with countries like New Zealand we've not been able to take advantage of being a larger economy and we've allowed lamb imports just to get a deal