US-UK ‘special relationship’ may still have to deal with Irish-American lobby
Spectre of Brexit raises new challenges for Britain’s relationship with United States
US president Donald Trump with British prime minister Theresa May at Chequers, Buckinghamshire, in July 2018. File photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
As British chancellor Phillip Hammond put a brave face on Brexit during talks with senior political and business figures this week at Davos, across the Atlantic, other diplomatic overtures were under way in Washington.
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt arrived in the US capital this week for meetings. Much of the visit was devoted to foreign policy.