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G20: Theresa May and Donald Trump to discuss post-Brexit trade G20: UK-US trade deal to happen quickly, says Trump
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Theresa May is due to meet US President Donald Trump on the fringes of the G20 summit in Hamburg to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal. US President Donald Trump has said he expects a "powerful" trade deal with the UK to be completed "very quickly".
The UK prime minister will also urge Mr Trump to reconsider his decision to take the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Speaking at the G20 summit in Hamburg, he said he would go to London. Asked when, he said: "We'll work that out".
Earlier at the G20, Mrs May rejected claims that the UK was losing its global influence because of Brexit. The US president is holding talks with UK Prime Minister Theresa May to discuss a post-Brexit trade deal.
She insisted Britain would continue to be "bold" on the world stage. It is one of a series of one-to-one meetings with world leaders which will also see Mrs May hold trade talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Mrs May said the UK remained a key international player in areas such free trade and counter-terrorism. Ahead of their meeting, Mr Trump hailed the "very special relationship" he had developed with Mrs May.
Amid speculation about her future after the election, she said she would take a lead, not "sit back" and be "timid". "There is no country that could possibly be closer than our countries," he told reporters.
Mrs May said: "I will continue to give the message that the United Kingdom believes in the importance of the Paris Agreement." "We have been working on a trade deal which will be a very, very big deal, a very powerful deal, great for both countries and I think we will have that done very, very quickly."
She will also meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday. But Sir Simon Fraser, a former diplomat who served as a permanent under-secretary at the Foreign Office, cast doubt on how soon any deal could be reached.
Their talks are expected to focus on trade, and she will offer Japan the UK's help on counter-terrorism and cyber security for both the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and the 2020 Olympic Games. "The point is we can't negotiate with them or anyone else until we've left the European Union.
BBC deputy political editor John Pienaar, who is in Hamburg, said: "The prime minister's senior staff have made clear she means to promote the prospect of a new trading relationship with the US, picking up on her Trade Secretary Liam Fox's talk of preliminary talks ahead of formal negotiations when the UK leaves the EU. "And the Americans and others will not negotiate with us until they know what our relationship with the EU is going to be because the access we have in Europe is hugely important for the advantages that they can get from their relations with us."
"That deal's important, symbolically, and in terms of hard cash for Britain's post-Brexit future - and ministers are keen to hold the US to past suggestions that Washington sees a trade deal as a priority." During the head-to-head with Mr Trump, Mrs May is also expected to urge Mr Trump to reconsider his decision to take the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
As she attends her first gathering of world leaders since the general election, Mrs May has dismissed suggestions that political and economic uncertainty from the UK's decision to leave the EU and speculation about her own future is hampering the UK's effort to lead on the world stage. "I will be making that message. I will continue to give the message that the United Kingdom believes in the importance of the Paris Agreement," she said.
She rejected claims by former Foreign Secretary William Hague that the UK would lose influence on the world stage after Brexit. On this, the BBC's deputy political editor John Pienaar said Mr Trump would give her a polite enough hearing but he did not expect any sudden breakthrough.
In her meeting with Shinzo Abe, the focus is expected to be on trade and an offer to help Japan on counter-terrorism and cyber security for both the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and the 2020 Olympic Games.
Mrs May is also holding one-to-one talks with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss ways to tackle the increasing numbers of Islamic State fighters leaving Syria across its border.
After a meeting on Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the UK were in a "golden era" of relations and increased investment from his country since the Brexit vote showed its confidence in Britain.
The G20 summit is the first gathering of world leaders since the UK's general election last month, during which Mrs May's Conservative party lost seats and her performance was widely criticised.
The BBC's John Pienaar said Mrs May's counterparts knew the election result had left her weaker and with less authority, and they would be looking at her through that lens.
But Mrs May said Britain would continue to be "bold" on the world stage, and she would take a lead, not "sit back" and be "timid".