From our side of the Atlantic, it\u2019s easy to see the Presidential election as little more than a chain of Twitter trends. But behind the intangibility of the hashtags, Tweet-shouting and bot armies are some real-world implications for the UK\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
The next man to be sworn into the Oval Office will have a huge say in the UK\u2019s future as a trading power. Helping to hash out an agreement that will effect the $60 billion of goods the UK exports to the US – its largest trading partner after the EU – and the $70 billion of goods imported from the US to the UK, as of 2019.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t helped by the fact that the two candidates\u2019 governing plans and political outlooks are in stark contrast.<\/p>\n
Donald Trump, the incumbent president famed for his love of deal-making, has long supported Brexit<\/a>. He has promised Boris Johnson a smooth US-UK trade agreement, to be negotiated next January when the UK leaves the EU single market.<\/p>\n Joe Biden, a long supporter of multilateral trade agreements, democratic process and international co-operation, isn\u2019t quite as on board. Back in 2016, Biden told an audience<\/a> in Ireland that he had \u2018hoped for a different outcome\u2019 regarding the referendum, going on to describe the result as a product of demagoguery. <\/p>\n