U.S. lays out objectives for trade deal with UK

The United States on Thursday laid out objectives for a trade deal with the United Kingdom that would ensure fair and balanced trade, cut tariff and non-tariff barriers for U.S. industrial and agricultural goods and reduce regulatory differences.

The negotiating objectives, required by Congress under the "fast-track trade negotiating authority law, will seek to boost trade between the countries by eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers," the U.S. Trade Representative's Office said.