Davey: Government must publish negotiating mandate for Trump trade deal

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Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has called on the government to publish its negotiating mandate for a Trump trade deal, warning that the public has “been left completely in the dark.”

It comes amid reports that a deal with Trump could be agreed within the next three weeks with the Government still having failed to commit to a vote in Parliament on the finalised agreement.

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:

“The Government’s approach to this Trump trade deal has left the public completely in the dark.

“The online safety of our children, our farming standards and our ability to make the likes of Elon Musk pay their fair share of tax all risk being bartered away to appease Trump. But ministers won’t even come clean on what the price of this deal with Trump could be.

“It’s time for the Government to publish their negotiating mandate so we can properly scrutinise this deal. The stakes are too high for Parliament to be sidelined and democracy undermined.”

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