May to raise post-Brexit trade deals with US and Japan

Theresa May will set out her hopes for post-Brexit trade deals with the United States and Japan in talks with Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe on the final day of the G20 summit.

The Prime Minister will also tell both leaders Britain stands with them in the battle to quash the “growing threat” from North Korea and its nuclear weapons testing.

Mrs May is holding early morning talks with Mr Trump in the margins of the gathering of world leaders in Hamburg, Germany.

As well as discussions on a possible future trading agreement with the US when Britain quits the European Union, the PM will raise the President’s controversial decision to pull out of the international agreement on tackling climate change. Mrs May said she hopes Mr Trump will take the US back into the Paris Agreement.

“I will be making that message. I will continue to give the message that the UK believes in the importance of the Paris Agreement,” she told ITV.

The PM will meet Mr Abe this afternoon to talk about trade and will also offer Japan British help on counterterrorism and cyber security when it hosts the rugby world cup in 2019 followed by the Olympics.

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.

Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed a “golden era” of relations between China and the UK and said an increase in investment from his nation since the Brexit vote showed its confidence in Britain during a meeting with Mrs May last night.

The UK believes in ...the Paris Agreement. THERESA MAY

Picture: AP. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, after posing for the family photo during the summit.