Donald Trump wants UK-US trade deal done by 2020 election, reveals congressman

Donald Trump wants to complete a UK-US free trade deal before the 2020 presidential election, one of Britain’s most active supporters in the US Congress has revealed. 

George Holding, the Republican congressman from North Carolina, told The Daily Telegraph that Mr Trump “absolutely” wants an agreement to be wrapped up before his re-election bid. 

Mr Holding said he had discussed the issue with the US president and Robert Lighthizer, the US trade representative, during a meeting in the White House this summer. 

“He ran [for office] on doing bilateral agreements,” Mr Holding said of the president. “If the US and the UK can do a bilateral agreement and it captures services and financial services…