3 June 2019 - Tensions rise as President Trump arrives for state visit.
Freer access to the NHS will be part of any post-Brexit US-UK trade deal, according to US Ambassador Woody Johnson. The comments are raising hackles amongst UK politicians and healthcare advocates.
Johnson – a member of the Johnsons & Johnson pharmaceutical family – made the comments on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, saying that healthcare – along with “all things that are traded” – would be on the table in negotiations for a deal.