A free trade agreement between Johnson and Biden is not close

After a meeting between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden in the White House, a bilateral free trade agreement seems to have moved a long way off. British media reported that London is now looking to join the USMCA, the USMCA, between the United States, Canada and Mexico. "There are several ways to do this," the Times quoted a government source as saying. How it goes on is up to the US government. In addition, Great Britain wants to join the CPTPP trade agreement between the Pacific countries. On trade issues, the visit to Washington was a setback for Johnson, commented the British broadcaster Sky News. Biden said that both countries continued to negotiate an agreement. However, he made it clear that the issue is not a priority for him. Above all, the conflict between the EU and Britain over Brexit rules for the British province of Northern Ireland worries Biden, as he again made clear. One of the most important arguments in favor of Great Britain's exit from the EU was the freedom to conclude trade agreements on one's own initiative, especially with the USA. But so far agreements with the largest markets such as the USA, India and China are not in sight. The new US administration has repeatedly expressed concern about the implications of Brexit for peace in Northern Ireland. Biden has Irish roots and, unlike his predecessor Donald Trump, is considered a skeptic of Britain's exit from the EU. The status of Northern Ireland after Brexit had recently led to tensions again. Because of the regulation laid down in the EU Withdrawal Agreement that the province remains de facto in the customs union and internal market of the EU, there are now goods controls between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom. That creates difficulties in trade.