In an unprecedented set of demands over the terms of Britain’s exit, Tokyo said Japanese firms could move to other parts of Europe unless numerous current privileges of membership were maintained.
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Mrs May called the USA a “special partner” for the United Kingdom, a “long-standing ally and close friend”.
“They’ve got to put in place free trade agreements and we are enthusiastic and supportive; we’re providing Britain with as much assistance as we can at a technical level”, Turnbull told reporters in Hangzhou.
“We must now prepare for the process to exit the European Union and the government is committed to ensuring the best possible outcome for the British people in the negotiations”, the office said.
On Monday she will also meet Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull amid speculation the country could be one of the first in line to sign a trade deal with a post-Brexit UK.
“We are going to do everything we can to make sure the consequences of this decision [Brexit] don’t unravel what is already a very strong and robust worldwide relationship”, he said.
“I will be talking about how Britain will be seizing those opportunities”, she said.
She added: “A lot of people talk about the points-based system as always being the answer in immigration”.
The former British Prime Minister David Cameron first used the “golden era” to describe the vibrant China-Britain relations.
Mrs May said: “I’m going to be looking at all the evidence around this issue. [Britain] will be leaving the European Union”.
Obama also said that it “would not make sense to put aside” current negotiations with other blocs in favour of Britain.
The President of the European Council Donald Tusk said on Sunday that the EU would enter no negotiations with the U.K before Article 50 is triggered.
Japanese firms saw the U.K.as “a gateway to Europe” when they invested there and now want reassurances that the country will seek to limit any “harmful effects” on their businesses, the memo said.
“If there are conditions that blocks Japanese automakers’ cars being exported to continental Europe, if custom duties are imposed, that will of course affect the competitive nature of the pricing of the cars”, he said.
“If the establishment think they can stitch-up Brexit then they better be ready for the huge electoral consequences from a British public who on June 23 voted for radical political change and now expect it to be delivered without failure”.
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“If you look at the timescales of the United Kingdom negotiating a trade deal and you look at the timescale before there will be a new U.S. president, I wouldn’t over-read his views”.
