A little surprised there were no responses to my last post. I expected Ake and T and others would tell us how that shows there will be a good trade deal for the UK with the US.

My feeling is that the UK will be as near to the head of the negotiating queue as the US can manage, but primarily because the UK Brexiters will be desperate to get a non-EU trade agreement in place to prove it can be done. Entering a negotiation when you are desperate for an agreement is about the weakest position you can be in, and against an "America First" stance with strong negotiators - which Trump definitely is - does not bode well. If this takes place when the UK has a few agreements in hand, it would not be so weak. So, as I say, I predict it will be early.