US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amendment Rights

Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen... by ur-whale on Friday January 24, 2020 @07:59AM (#22137724)

You're assuming the UK government has an actual choice in the matter. I don't think they do.

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Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen... by bilekas on Friday January 24, 2020 @08:02AM (#22137747)

Why wouldn't they exactly ?

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Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen... by belval on Friday January 24, 2020 @08:06AM (#22137770)

The parent is probably referring to Brexit, soon the UK will need to make a new trade deal with the US. Until that's done I doubt that we will see them say "no" to the US very often.

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Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen... by threeseed on Friday January 24, 2020 @08:12AM (#22137823)

UK desperately needs a trade deal with the US. In order for them to have regulatory divergence from the EU there will have to leave on WTO terms. Without US opening up as a market UK will struggle to avoid a long term economic recession.

And as we know Trump doesn't look at trade in isolation. He looks at the overall relationship like a child would i.e. "are they doing what I want or not".

So there is zero chance UK will do anything this year that isn't to Trump's liking.

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Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen... by thu2111 on Saturday January 25, 2020 @01:00PM (#22147539)

No it doesn't. The UK has never had a trade deal with the US before and is doing fine. Lots of countries don't have trade deals with the US or the EU and also do fine.

Please don't hype this up. Trade deals aren't that powerful.

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Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen... by bilekas on Friday January 24, 2020 @08:33AM (#22138011)

I'm curious what the UK could provide the US that would be much benefit for the US..

Tea ?

The NHS might be on the table in the form of medicinal licencing within the UK or something, but I'm not sure what you mean..

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Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen... by adventured on Friday January 24, 2020 @10:12AM (#22138884)

> I'm curious what the UK could provide the US that would be much benefit for the US.

Well the US imported $67 billion worth of goods alone from the UK in 2019. One of the six or seven highest figures among US trade partners; slightly higher than France.

US services imports from the UK are typically around $40 to $50 billion.

So, $110 +/- billion in total imports from the UK. A considerable sum (more so for them of course).

The UK is also the largest single foreign investor into the US, representing 15% of all foreign direct investment. As individual countries go, the US is the largest importer of UK goods and services.

They're the fourth largest export market for the US. It's a good economic relationship to maintain, clearly.

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Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen... by bilekas on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:10PM (#22141427)

Nice, thats really news to me. Every days's a schoolday. Should have done some research myself !

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Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen... by chinesempire on Friday January 24, 2020 @09:09AM (#22138355)

Assuming is always the worst of the decisions.

https://www.uschamber.com/international/europe/us-uk-busines...

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