UK-US trade deal ‘isn’t worth the paper it’s written on’, says Nobel Prize-winning economist

A Nobel Prize-winning economist has told Sky News the recently announced UK-US trade deal “isn’t worth the paper it’s written on”. Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump announced the “first-of-a-kind” agreement with a live, televised phone call earlier this week – and the British prime minister hailed the deal as one that will save thousands of jobs in the UK. Politics latest: Tories criticise proposals to tackle immigration But leading economist Joseph Stiglitz has told Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips he “wouldn’t view [the deal] as a great achievement”. “Any agreement with Trump isn’t worth the paper it’s written on,”…