April 30, 2025
*News that UK trade deal isn’t a US priority shows re-joining EU is best option for Britain, Rejoin EU Party’s Runcorn & Helsby candidate says*
News that US president Donald Trump doesn’t regard a free-trade deal with the UK as a priority shows the UK should team up once more with its true allies in Europe, former MEP and Rejoin EU Party candidate in Runcorn & Helsby, John Stevens, says.
Trump has made a trade deal with the UK a second-order priority <www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/29/trump-makes-trade-deal-with-uk-second-order-priority-in-blow-to-ministers>, with US officials deciding to split negotiations with more than 12 other countries into three phases and placing the UK in either phase two or three, the Guardian cited unidentified sources as saying.
Negotiations remain unpredictable and US officials now reportedly want the UK to lower its food-quality standards to allow imports of American beef and chicken, which the UK government has ruled out, the Guardian said.
The news shows hopes of a quick, cosy deal with the US are delusional, Stevens said.
“Once again, Reform leader Nigel Farage’s prediction that President Trump is a good friend to Britain who will give us a trade deal making up for the loss of trade we have suffered by leaving the EU has been proved false,” Stevens said.
“There is no way the US, even without Trump’s aggressive tariffs doctrine, could grant us any plausible trading arrangement that would remotely match what we enjoyed with the EU. It’s clearly time to re-join.”
*Notes to editors: *
*Please see photo of John Stevens attached. For interviews and further comment on any of the issues mentioned above, email John at js@gormaz.eu <js@gormaz.eu> or the party at admin@therejoineuparty.com <admin@therejoineuparty.com>*
*Find out more by visiting John’s campaign page <therejoineuparty.com/general-election-2024/candidates/runcorn-john-stevens/> on our website at www.therejoineuparty.com <emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.therejoineuparty.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ce4f2407bd00b49b7eb4e08dd6afb87c6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638784350728173…> and following us on Twitter at @rejoinp and at **https://www.facebook.com/RejoinEUParty <emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRejoinEUParty&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ce4f2407bd00b49b7eb4e08dd6afb87c6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638784350…>* *The Rejoin EU Party is campaigning to re-join the EU because we believe re-joining is the only way to solve the multiple problems Brexit has created. Brexit is broken and it’s breaking our country too. All the promises on which Brexit was sold to the electorate in 2016 were nonsense. Far from reducing red tape and providing £350m a week for the NHS, Brexit makes trading with the crucial European market more complex, difficult and expensive and threatens to reduce funding for public services. If you agree Brexit is making our country poorer, less tolerant and less united, join us and send a message to Westminster that you want your EU membership back, with all its freedoms and benefits.* *Promoted by John Stevens on behalf of the Rejoin EU Party, 86-90 Paul St, London, EC2A 4NE.*
*News that UK trade deal isn’t a US priority shows re-joining EU is best option for Britain, Rejoin EU Party’s Runcorn & Helsby candidate says*
News that US president Donald Trump doesn’t regard a free-trade deal with the UK as a priority shows the UK should team up once more with its true allies in Europe, former MEP and Rejoin EU Party candidate in Runcorn & Helsby, John Stevens, says.
Trump has made a trade deal with the UK a second-order priority <www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/29/trump-makes-trade-deal-with-uk-second-order-priority-in-blow-to-ministers>, with US officials deciding to split negotiations with more than 12 other countries into three phases and placing the UK in either phase two or three, the Guardian cited unidentified sources as saying.
Negotiations remain unpredictable and US officials now reportedly want the UK to lower its food-quality standards to allow imports of American beef and chicken, which the UK government has ruled out, the Guardian said.
The news shows hopes of a quick, cosy deal with the US are delusional, Stevens said.
“Once again, Reform leader Nigel Farage’s prediction that President Trump is a good friend to Britain who will give us a trade deal making up for the loss of trade we have suffered by leaving the EU has been proved false,” Stevens said.
“There is no way the US, even without Trump’s aggressive tariffs doctrine, could grant us any plausible trading arrangement that would remotely match what we enjoyed with the EU. It’s clearly time to re-join.”
*Notes to editors: *
*Please see photo of John Stevens attached. For interviews and further comment on any of the issues mentioned above, email John at js@gormaz.eu <js@gormaz.eu> or the party at admin@therejoineuparty.com <admin@therejoineuparty.com>*
*Find out more by visiting John’s campaign page <therejoineuparty.com/general-election-2024/candidates/runcorn-john-stevens/> on our website at www.therejoineuparty.com <emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.therejoineuparty.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ce4f2407bd00b49b7eb4e08dd6afb87c6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638784350728173…> and following us on Twitter at @rejoinp and at **https://www.facebook.com/RejoinEUParty <emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRejoinEUParty&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ce4f2407bd00b49b7eb4e08dd6afb87c6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638784350…>* *The Rejoin EU Party is campaigning to re-join the EU because we believe re-joining is the only way to solve the multiple problems Brexit has created. Brexit is broken and it’s breaking our country too. All the promises on which Brexit was sold to the electorate in 2016 were nonsense. Far from reducing red tape and providing £350m a week for the NHS, Brexit makes trading with the crucial European market more complex, difficult and expensive and threatens to reduce funding for public services. If you agree Brexit is making our country poorer, less tolerant and less united, join us and send a message to Westminster that you want your EU membership back, with all its freedoms and benefits.* *Promoted by John Stevens on behalf of the Rejoin EU Party, 86-90 Paul St, London, EC2A 4NE.*