Labour MP says Trump's 'Brexit dividend' was 'one' benefit to leaving EUSky News
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00:00You'd have obviously preferred it if there's no tariffs,
00:02but would you accept that Brexit has, in fact,
00:04protected us from the 20% hit being faced by the EU?
00:09You've mentioned it already this morning.
00:11We've been treated differently to the European Union.
00:13That's correct.
00:14That's part of the Brexit.
00:15That's a Brexit dividend.
00:17It is.
00:17There's one.
00:17I've struggled to find one in the past, but there is one.
00:20We've ended up with another tariff.
00:21Well, it's a pretty big one, isn't it?
00:22Yeah, it's good.
00:23But look, what we're not going to do
00:26is pick or trade off the United States of the European Union.
00:30I've already talked about our relationship
00:32with the United States.
00:33We know that's important and works well.
00:35But so is our relationship with the European Union
00:38on trade, on energy, but increasingly on security.
00:42And I think it's the right strategic decision for the UK,
00:45especially in this world that's chopping and changing around,
00:48that we have those strong bridges into the European Union
00:50and into the United States.