David Davis takes aim at Trump's isolationist rhetoric in US speech
by Jessica Elgot and Jon Henley from on (#30YGP)
Brexit secretary also tells US Chamber of Commerce Britain will not take part in a 'race to the bottom' to secure trade deals
The Brexit secretary, David Davis, has taken aim at the isolationist rhetoric of Donald Trump in a pointed speech in which he told US business leaders that free trade was the solution to, not the cause of, global turmoil.
Speaking to the US Chamber of Commerce, Davis said Britain would not take part in a "race to the bottom" in order to secure new free trade deals with countries outside the EU after Brexit.
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