negotiating trade deals the question is will that work i doubt very much all right kellan pickering there senior economist at bear in bed and in london thank you so much for your time. we're here on the european continent people have also been listening to donald trump's comments and it seems that he wants a trade deal with the united kingdom than a relationship with the european union which is remarkable given the fact that the e.u. is a much bigger market i asked our frankfurt correspondent last haueter what he makes of that. well i guess we know that donald trump likes selling a lot more than he likes buying and when it comes to selling when it comes to exports i think he looks at britain as the better partner because in terms of trade the united states actually runs a small trade surplus with the united kingdom and they're running of course a deficit with the e.u. and a trade deficit in and by itself is a terrible terrible thing for president trump he doesn't like deficit's as we know and it doesn't really look behind the scenes here. trade of course between the u.s. and u.k. is mostl