‘Selling to Uncle Sam’ – We celebrate UK exporting 3 times more to U.S. than to EU’s No.1 (Germany)

“Basically I’m there also on trade,” said President Trump, so we remind Starmer what’s at stake

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“Sir Keir, President Trump is more important than President Macron – please treat him accordingly”

The first State Visit organised fully under Sir Keir Starmer’s tenure as Prime Minister was afforded to President Macron in July. Like President Trump, he was treated to the full pomp and ceremony which only the United Kingdom and its Royal Family can truly produce. He stayed at Windsor Castle.

Unlike President Trump, the French President was also given the honour of addressing both Houses of Parliament, during which he made derogatory comments about Brexit. Whilst the US President has brushed this off this honour not being given to him, it is indicative of the pivot which Sir Keir has made to the EU, as exemplified in his ‘Reset’ which is producing more and more alignment with EU law.

“Basically I’m there also on trade,” President Trump said on his departure from the White House

Given that the U.S. President’s parting words to reporters from the White House were about trade, Brexit Facts4EU is presenting the latest figures on trade with the U.S., for 2024, including both goods and services.

“Basically I’m there also on trade. They want to see if they can refine the trade deal a little bit. We made a deal, and it’s a great deal, and I’m into helping them.”
“They’d like to see if they could get a little bit better deal.”
- President Trump, just prior to boarding Marine One, 16 Sept 2025
Photo credit: The White House X feed

US market is worth over 3 times that of the EU’s largest – Stark economic facts for Starmer

The British Prime Minister has shown himself to be far more interested in aligning more closely with the EU than with the U.S.. He has also been ingratiating himself with the globalist community by giving away sovereignty of territory such as the Chagos Peninsula, allowing armed Spanish officers onto sovereign British soil in Gibraltar, and recognising Palestine as a state at the UN next week.

If President Trump is prepared to discuss improving the UK-US trade deal, which certainly does need serious improvement and extensions, then perhaps the following example of one of our famous ‘at-a-glance’ charts might focus the PM’s mind.

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The UK’s top export markets in 2024 for goods and services

The PM might notice that only 11 EU countries appear in the UK’s Top 30 export markets, according to these latest official figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Looking at this remarkable chart, we are tempted to remind readers of that corny old management consultancy expression: "Interesting. Well let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes..."

But this isn’t all about trade, another senior member of the Administration is on the trip

Accompanying the President on this important State Visit is Secretary Marco Rubio. He flew in separately yesterday, having been on a visit to Israel and Qatar in the past few days, where the situation in Gaza and the Middle East generally was discussed. Here is what he said just ahead of his arrival.

“Joining President Trump on his second State Visit to the UK—the only President to ever receive this honor.
“I plan to meet with Foreign Minister Cooper to talk about our two nations’ ongoing cooperation on a number of issues”.
- Secretary Marco Rubio, 16 Sept 2025
Photo credit: Marco Rubio's X feed.

On Monday we revealed we had been part of the effort to get a letter to the President’s advance party, something few can do. In it, our Stand for Our Sovereignty and CIBUK.Org colleagues drew the President’s attention to two key foreign policy issues: Chagos (and the Diego Garcia military base) and the PM’s intended recognition of a Palestinian State.

The first of these is the more important in terms of its effect on the British people, as it will severely weaken the projection of our military power, as well as that of the United States, if it is allowed to proceed.

“The UK government should welcome President Trump warmly by abandoning the expensive and dangerous idea of giving away the Chagos islands including Diego Garcia a key joint US/UK base. The money saved could be spent on a bigger UK contribution to NATO defence. The US is by far our biggest export market and biggest provider of inward investment.
“The PM needs to propose lower tariffs and more mutually beneficial business activity rather than picking fights over foreign policy with our most important ally. Facts4EU once again highlight the truth by showing how we need the US more than France for growth and defence.”
- The Rt Hon Sir John Redwood, former Secretary of State, former Single Market Minister, 17 Sept 2025

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Observations

Despite the Prime Minister’s clear focus on the EU and on matters of international law, the State Visit of the U.S. President is an important event for the British people on a number of levels. On trade, there is an opportunity to build considerably on what is fundamentally a weak trade deal. As this is not an area of expertise for Sir Keir, we can only hope he has good people with him when that discussion comes up.

One of the other key areas involves the new Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, and US Secretary Marco Rubio. We very much hope the subject of the Government’s proposed surrender of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, an ally of China, Russia and Iran, is high on the agenda.

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[ Sources: The White House | The US State Department | Office for National Statistics ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.

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Reader Comments 9

1. Sparky , Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 08:02:

The US economy is 5 times larger than Germany yet trade with USA IS 3.5 times larger than that of Germany. The UK left the EU not one country in the EU, start adding the trade with EU countries as above and the EU soon overtakes the USA.
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Trade with the USA has been increasing year on year at least since 2015 according to Dept of Trade report from Aug this year. We didn’t leave the EU until 2021 so this is not a result of Brexit. The UK services trade with the USA has been the main area of increase. This shows that the UK didn’t need to leave the EU to increase trade with USA.

2. KB , Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 10:14:

Sparky (1): but if we were still in the EU, President Trump would've lumped us in with the EU when setting the tariffs.
Because of Brexit we got off lightly, and there is every hope that we could further improve our terms "bigly", due to the President liking Britain and hating the EU.
It's there for the taking if only we wanted to do it. Which we don't of course.

3. NH , Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 10:48:

1. Sp. "This shows that the UK didn’t need to leave the EU to increase trade with USA."
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No it does not !
It shows that you do not have to fund a Political Union and give free services and welfare payments to their citizens just to trade with countries. Trade agreements are not just about trade they are also about mutual investment. The USA presently Invests 16.6x more in the UK than Germany invests in the UK and the UK invests 14.5x more in the USA than in Germany. We also have a large trade surplus with the USA and a large trade deficit with the EU.
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The UK is far more commercially linked to the USA than it is to the EU. If we were still in the EU the recent tensions between the EU and USA, and between the EU and China, may have had a significant effect on UK trade and investment. Being out of the EU means we can make do what's right for the UK.

4. Gazzablack , Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 10:51:

1, sparkless
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Just imagine how much larger trade with the US would have been if we hadn't shackled ourselves to the EU's customs union and single market.
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5. Sparky , Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 11:30:

2 KB. Are you saying Starmer has done well.
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3 NH. O Yes it Does. (pants has started early)
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But we are still tied to the EU, mainly because of NI.
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4 G. But trade was growing before we left. Mainly on services which are outside the CTA and Trump tariffs.

6. Gazzablack , Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 11:48:

4, sparkless
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And trade with the EU was falling, despite being in a "customs union"
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7. NH , Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 12:39:

5. Sp.
You seem to be forgetting about the recent tariffs which would have effected our trade with the USA. Many EU countries are very unhappy with their trade deal with the USA but they can not do anything about it. The UK can improve it's trade terms with the USA, which is why Trump is in Windsor today.
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We are not tied to the EU's huge debts, their tariffs on China or their proposed 50% increase in funding. Any legacy problems will eventually be solved by democracy, unfortunately EU citizens will never be given that opportunity.

8. KB , Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 13:11:

Sparky (5) no of course I am not saying Starmer has done well !
The points I mentioned are in spite of Starmer not because of him.
Everything Starmer has done is towards aligning us with the EU and therefore erecting barriers to trade with elsewhere, including with the US.
Something in which the President will take a keen interest.
The one thing Starmer might have done right is to invite the President over for another state visit. Let's hope it goes well.

9. Gazzablack , Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 13:14:

The EU President VDL has just announced EU tariffs on €5.8bn in imports from Israel.(Which VDL can do on her own), and sanctions on Israeli ministers.
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Reminder: As an EU member, the UK would have had to follow suit, as we were part of the customs union.
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So the UK is now avoiding having to apply tariffs into our imports from Israel, thanks to Brexit.

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