The cold splash of reality over trade relations will not have surprised British diplomats or politicians who have long recognised that, for all the talk of 'the special relationship', the UK's relationship with the US is fundamentally transactional.
There are still enduring ties that bind
Truss responded in concrete terms which will have gratified the US:"That is why we are stepping up in terms of our defence spending. We're going to be moving to 3% of GDP on defence spending.
The US economy has not been hit as hard as European countries by the war. The US was not dependent on hydro carbon imports from Russia. It is largely self-sufficient in energy and is a gas exporter. Successive US administrations valued the UK as their bridge into the European Union. Now the UK is in competition with European member states for business, hence the new cabinet's intention of removing the cap on bankers' bonuses, originally imposed by the EU.Liz Truss addresses the UN in New York, pledging more support for Ukraine