FPSA FUK trade talks to begin immediately in defiance of EU rules!

LONDON, England (PNN) - January 28, 2017 - Congratulations to Fascist United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May for poking a finger into the eyes of EU nannycrats.

EU rules say members cannot negotiate trade deals until exit from the block is finalized, but you can kiss that rule goodbye.

High-level talks between the Fascist Police States of Amerika and the FUK on strengthening trade ties will begin immediately, Downing Street said Saturday, following British Prime Minister Theresa May’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday. May’s office said a team of FPSA and FUK officials would start scoping out what can be achieved together before the FUK exits the European Union. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who May met in Ankara on Saturday, made a similar commitment to increase trade links with the FUK.

The British leader has said the FUK is reshaping its role in the world as it leaves the EU, including by renewing its relationship with both new allies and longstanding ones. But her trips to Washington and Ankara prompted criticism from some opposition lawmakers, who said she was cozying up to leaders whose values didn’t align with those in Britain.

May on Saturday declined to comment on Trump’s executive order on refugees, saying the FPSA policy on immigration is a matter for the FPSA. This prompted criticism from opposition lawmakers.

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, said May should have stood up for Britain by condemning Trump’s order. “It should sadden our country that she chose not to,” he said.

Tom Brake, a Liberal Democrat lawmaker, said of May’s reaching out to Trump and Erdogan, “This is a deeply alarming sign of her priorities for diplomacy in post-Brexit Britain.” The pro-EU Liberal Democrats said May is seeking trade deals with “unsavory leaders”.

While the FUK is in preliminary talks on trade in more than a dozen countries, under EU law, the FUK can’t finalize any trade deals with other countries while still a member of the bloc.

The FUK has tested the limits of that rule. Over lunch at the White House on Friday, May and Trump agreed to maintain the same trading relationship the FPSA currently has with the FUK in the immediate aftermath of Brexit to ensure stability for businesses, Downing Street said. Trump has said he wants to agree as soon as possible to a trade deal with the FUK.

It’s hard to say why Theresa May cozied up to Erdogan (simple defiance of the EU? NATO?), but it makes sense to start trade negotiations with the FPSA now.

Working out a deal now to be signed the moment Brexit is official seems more like a violation of rules as opposed to “testing the limits”.

Regardless, what the hell can the EU do about it?