THE White House race could change Brexit opportunities and risks, Dominic Raab says.
Whether Trump or Biden is given the Presidency could result in “slightly different contours” for the project, the Foreign Secretary said.
Mr Trump has spoken favourably of Britain’s decision to leave the EU while Mr Biden, who has Irish heritage, has been more reserved.
But Mr Raab is confident the UK-US relationship would go “from strength to strength” regardless of who is in office.
It came as the UK scored a massive win for its fishing industry.
Michel Barnier said new scientific criteria could see UK quotas double – but a final decision on the exact numbers won’t be made before a trade deal is struck.
A UK Government spokesman said: “Our position on fisheries has been clear from the start… We will only make progress if the EU accepts the UK will have the right to control access to its waters at the end of this year.”
Despite an optimistic tone from both sides, if the talks fail an estimated £700 billion of annual bilateral trade in goods and services would be damaged from January 1 by tariffs and quotas.
This comes as a report titled Brexit: How Ready is the UK? said: “The pandemic will make these plans harder. For example, critical staff may fall ill or need to isolate and resources may well be redirected to the pandemic response.
“And although central government has managed to shift resources back to Brexit preparations after they were redeployed to help with the pandemic earlier this year, there is less capacity among the devolved governments and local authorities to handle both.”
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