United Kingdom would 'work with whoever is in the White House' on US trade deal

Britain's Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss. Credit: Reuters

Britain will work with Republican President Donald Trump or his opponent Democrat Joe Biden in order to clinch a US trade deal, trade minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday, declining to comment directly on a chaotic first US presidential debate.

"We're working with both parties in the United States, both the Democrats and the Republicans. There is strong support for a trade deal with the UK," Truss told ITV in an interview, adding she had not watched the first debate between Trump and Biden and would not comment on it.

"I will work with whoever is in the White House... It is not our job as ministers in the UK to intervene in foreign politics. Our job is to bat for British interests."