finally, the president and i have mentioned future economic cooperation and trade. trade between our two countries is already worth over 150 billion pounds a year. the u.s. is the single biggest source of investment with the u.k., and together we have around $1 trillion invested in each other's economies. the u.k.-u.s. defense relationship is the broadest, deepest, and most advanced of any two countries sharing military hardware and expertise. we want to build on this relationship in order to grow our respective economies, provide the high skilled, high paid jobs of the future for working people across america and across the u.k. we are discussing how we can establish trade negotiation agreement, take forward immediate high level talks, lay the ground work for a u.k.-u.s. trade agreement, and the practical steps we can take now to in order to enable companies in both countries to trade and do business with one another