Boris Johnson talked up a trade deal with the U.S. as one of the major prizes of his campaign for Brexit. Sitting in the Oval Office Tuesday, it was clear the U.K. leader has little hope of delivering it.
"We’re going to talk a little bit about trade today and we’re going to have to work that through,” U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters at the start of his meeting with Johnson, when asked about prospects for an agreement.
The lukewarm response comes after the British prime minister himself tried to downplay expectations of progress.