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Trump will demand the NHS pays more for drugs after Brexit, warns outgoing UK ambassador to US

British Ambassador Kim Darroch hosts a National Economists Club event at the British Embassy in Washington.Donald Trump will insist the NHS pays more for American drugs after Brexit as the price of any free trade deal, the outgoing British ambassador to Washington has claimed.

The UK currently caps the price of drugs used by the NHS, which means US pharmaceutical firms have to sell their drugs more cheaply in the UK He also suggested it would be difficult for the UK to negotiate free trade deals with the EU and US at the same time, something that Boris Johnson is keen to do to maximise leverage in Brussels.

The UK currently caps the price of drugs used by the NHS, which means US pharmaceutical firms have to sell their drugs more cheaply in the UK. Boris Johnson was forced to deny claims by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn that the NHS would be "for sale" as part of any trade negotiations with the US.

 

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