Biarritz (AFP)
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson met Sunday morning at the G7 for the first time since the British prime minister, who for the US president is "the right man" to lead the Brexit.
"It's the right man to do the job," said Trump, promising Britain again a "very big trade deal, quickly, bigger than ever before." had "after the Brexit.
With a warm embrace to his American counterpart, Boris Johnson also said that the two countries will conclude a "fantastic trade agreement once the obstacles are removed," according to official footage of the meeting.
The United Kingdom needs to conclude an ambitious trade deal with the United States to make up for its exit from the European Union because of Brexit.
"It's the right man to do the job, I say for a long time" even if "it did not please his predecessor ...", the US president said about the British.
He also claimed that none of his allies had reproached him for escalating his trade war with China, despite criticism the day before Emmanuel Macron.
"No, what (China) has done is outrageous, no one would tell me that," Trump said, as financial markets fell after the announcement of new US taxes on Chinese products.
The US president also announced that the United States was "very close" to a "major" trade agreement with Japan on which the two countries have been working for five months.
Just before his breakfast with the British, Donald Trump defended his economic and commercial policy and welcomed the good atmosphere of the summit of Biarritz.
"Before my arrival in France, the false media said that relations with the six other G7 countries were very tense and that the summit would be a disaster" but "we have very good meetings, the leaders get along well and our country is going very well, "he said.
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