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Theresa May rejected Donald Trump's badessment of her Brexit deal, insisting that the UK will be able to conclude new trade deals – including with the US – after leaving the EU .
Speaking in Wales at the first stage of a UK tour aimed at promoting the deal directly to the British public, the Prime Minister said: "We will have the ability, outside the European Union, to make our own decisions on trade policy. It will no longer be a decision made by Brussels.
"As for the United States, we've already talked to them about the kind of agreement we could have with them in the future."
Trump's comments on Monday that the Brexit deal "looks like a good deal for the EU" were heard as No 10 tried to pull together his support for this arrangement in front of a chorus of convictions in Westminster.
The US president said: "I think we need to seriously consider whether the UK is allowed to negotiate or not.
"Because, you know, right now, if you look at the agreement, they may not be able to negotiate with us … I do not think the prime minister meant that. I hope she'll be able to do something about it. "
According to Trump, the UK "may not be able to negotiate with the United States" as part of the May deal
May's spokesman repeatedly insisted on Tuesday that it was clear "black and white" in the political statement part of the Brexit agreement that the UK will have the power to enter into new trade agreements.
Asked that UK commitments not to lower environmental standards and other regulations below European standards would hinder trade with the United States, the spokesman added that Parliament would have a say on future agreements.
"Parliament will want to comment on all trade agreements, especially standards in the UK in areas such as animal welfare," he said.
The government believes that members would be reluctant to support any agreement that would allow the United States to sell chicken in the United Kingdom, for example.
In private, high government sources insisted that they were relaxed in the face of Trump's intervention, which they saw as the latest example of a virulent negotiating style on the part of the man behind The Art of the Deal.
May's spokeswoman said she would not hold an individual meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina this weekend.
"It's not something we asked for; the Prime Minister's newspaper has agreed in advance and she meets a number of world leaders, "he said. "We have met with the president several times over the last few months."
Fifteen days before the end of May, the Brexit agreement was submitted to the House of Commons for approval. She went to a rural fair in Wales on Tuesday and traveled to Northern Ireland later in the day to meet local politicians.
In Northern Ireland, she hopes to highlight the fact that the Unionist Democratic Party, whose members have angrily rejected the Irish government, is not speaking on behalf of all the people of the province.
Downing Street hopes that public debate on its agreement could help to strengthen voter support and create a favorable environment for the meaningful vote to be held on December 11th.
But with over 90 Conservative MPs voting against the deal, it seems very likely that the government will lose.
Trump had already questioned May's bargaining prowess during her working visit to the UK in July. The Prime Minister then revealed that he had suggested that she "pursue" the EU.
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