:00:12. > :00:14.I'm Laura Trevelyan live in Washington.
:00:15. > :00:23.Theresa May becomes the first overseas leader to hold face-to-face
:00:24. > :00:27.Trade was top of the agenda, as well as strengthening the special
:00:28. > :00:35.relationship between the UK and the US.
:00:36. > :00:42.A free and independent Britain is a blessing to the world and our
:00:43. > :00:46.relationship has never been stronger. I am convinced that a
:00:47. > :00:51.trade deal is in the national interest of both countries and will
:00:52. > :00:55.cement the crucial relationship that exists between us. We will bring you
:00:56. > :01:07.more from that news conference and the gut how the relationship might
:01:08. > :01:15.develop. -- how the relationship might develop.
:01:16. > :01:20.In the past hour, Theresa May has been giving a news conference
:01:21. > :01:24.alongside Donald Trump, after she became the first
:01:25. > :01:28.Mr Trump said the US was renewing what he described as its "deep bond"
:01:29. > :01:35.It came at the end of the first meeting he has had with any foreign
:01:36. > :01:40.leader. The agree to strengthen their mutual ties. Theresa May told
:01:41. > :01:44.reporters that the UK and US had reaffirmed their commitment to Nato
:01:45. > :01:51.following their meeting, which had focused on trade and security. The
:01:52. > :01:57.United States respects the sovereignty of self-determination. A
:01:58. > :02:00.free and independent Britain is a blessing to the world. Our
:02:01. > :02:07.relationship has never been stronger. Both America and Britain
:02:08. > :02:11.understand that governments must be responsive to everyday working
:02:12. > :02:19.people, that governments must represent their own citizens. Madam
:02:20. > :02:24.Prime Minister, we look forward to working closely with you as we
:02:25. > :02:29.strengthen our mutual ties and commerce, business and foreign
:02:30. > :02:36.fears. Great days lie ahead for our two peoples and our two countries.
:02:37. > :02:40.-- foreign affairs. More from that news conference but firstly our
:02:41. > :02:44.correspondent is that the White House for us. Theresa May came here
:02:45. > :02:49.needing a trade deal but she also got a very strong commitment,
:02:50. > :02:54.doesn't she? Tell us more about that. I think there are in number of
:02:55. > :02:58.things that were important for her in this press conference. One of
:02:59. > :03:05.those with the commitment and she spoke to Mr Trump and he said they
:03:06. > :03:09.were ?100 to 100% behind Nato. That is a very important signal to send
:03:10. > :03:13.to Britain and members of the European union. That is an
:03:14. > :03:18.achievement for her. She did say at the also talked about ways to reform
:03:19. > :03:22.Nato and make it more nimble with dealing with current threats, like
:03:23. > :03:27.cyber security and terrorism. I think the other thing that was
:03:28. > :03:32.important for her to get, which she did, was her statement on torture.
:03:33. > :03:38.It has played very badly over in the UK. He was axed about his support
:03:39. > :03:44.for torture. It is his belief that it could work. He said it is my
:03:45. > :03:47.belief but I am going to defer to my secretary of defence. He does not
:03:48. > :03:51.believe torture is the way to go and he will have the deciding vote on
:03:52. > :03:55.this. It was a clear statement on an issue that has been quite
:03:56. > :04:01.contentious in the UK. Also here in many quarters as well. The two
:04:02. > :04:05.leaders are having a working lunch now in the White House. Theresa May
:04:06. > :04:14.said they were going to talk about Syria and Russia. What is likely to
:04:15. > :04:21.come up there? It was interested that Russia was raised, with his
:04:22. > :04:25.ties with Putin. He said he has not met the man and he does not know
:04:26. > :04:29.whether they will have a good relationship with him. He left that
:04:30. > :04:36.open. Also more importantly for Britain, this issue of sanctions.
:04:37. > :04:39.There are reports you might be lifting sanctions and he said that
:04:40. > :04:44.as premature. It is too early to say and that is something that would
:04:45. > :04:52.have reassured Theresa May. Britain's position is that it should
:04:53. > :04:58.not be lifted. In terms of Russia and Syria, Mr Trump has talked about
:04:59. > :05:05.being willing to join Russia in fighting Islamic State in Syria and
:05:06. > :05:12.putting Basha Assad's fit on the back burner. It is possible that Mrs
:05:13. > :05:17.May may be possible to go some distance with him on that, due to
:05:18. > :05:23.comments made by her Foreign Secretary recently. Thank you very
:05:24. > :05:28.much. The first British journalist to ask a question was Laura
:05:29. > :05:39.Ginsberg. Here's what happened. Laura? Laura Ginsberg, BBC News. You
:05:40. > :05:43.have talked about where you agree. You have also said you will be frank
:05:44. > :05:47.where you disagree with the president. Can you tell us where in
:05:48. > :05:55.your talks you do disagree and do you think the president listened to
:05:56. > :06:00.what you had to say? Mr President, we will see what she says. Mr
:06:01. > :06:05.President, you have said before that torture works. You have praised
:06:06. > :06:09.Russia, you say you want to ban some Muslims coming to America, you have
:06:10. > :06:14.said they should be punishment for abortion. Many people in Britain,
:06:15. > :06:18.those sound like alarming beliefs. What do you say to our viewers at
:06:19. > :06:22.home who are worried about some of your views and worried about you
:06:23. > :06:26.becoming a leader of the free world? Your choice of the question. There
:06:27. > :06:40.goes that relationship. I have been listening to the
:06:41. > :06:45.president and that is the point of having a conversation and a
:06:46. > :06:48.dialogue. We have been discussing a number of topics and we will carry
:06:49. > :06:53.on after this press conference meeting and discussing a number of
:06:54. > :06:57.other topics. There will be times that we disagree, the point of the
:06:58. > :07:02.special relationship is that we are able to have an open and frank
:07:03. > :07:05.discussion. So that we are able to make that clear when that happens. I
:07:06. > :07:11.am clear also that there are many issues that the United Kingdom and
:07:12. > :07:15.United States stand alongside each other and many issues that we agree
:07:16. > :07:20.on. I said yesterday in my speech that we are at a moment now that we
:07:21. > :07:24.can build a stronger and special relationship, that will be in the
:07:25. > :07:33.interests of the wider world as well. We have a great general, who
:07:34. > :07:43.has just been appointed secretary of defence, General James and she has
:07:44. > :07:49.stated publicly that he does not necessarily believe in torture. Or
:07:50. > :07:56.water boarding, or however you want to define enhanced interrogation,
:07:57. > :08:01.these are worse lots of people would like to use. I do not necessarily
:08:02. > :08:07.agree, but I would tell you that he will override because I am giving
:08:08. > :08:11.him that power. He is an expert, he is highly respected. He got through
:08:12. > :08:19.the Senate very, very quickly, which in this country is not easy, I will
:08:20. > :08:23.tell you. I am to rely on him. I believe it does work, I have been
:08:24. > :08:30.open about that for a long time but I am going with our leaders and we
:08:31. > :08:36.are going to win with an without, but I do disagree. As far as Putin
:08:37. > :08:41.and Russia, I do not see good, bad or indifferent. I do not know the
:08:42. > :08:44.gentleman. I hope we have a fantastic relationship. That is
:08:45. > :08:50.possible and it is also possible that we will not. We will see what
:08:51. > :08:55.happens. I will be representing the American people very strongly and
:08:56. > :09:00.forcefully and if we have a great relationship with Russia and other
:09:01. > :09:04.countries and if we go after Isis together, which has to be stopped.
:09:05. > :09:09.That is an evil that has to be stopped. I will consider that a good
:09:10. > :09:13.thing, not a bad thing. How the relationship works out, I will be
:09:14. > :09:16.able to tell you that later. I have heard many times when I thought I
:09:17. > :09:20.was going to get along with people but I do not like them at all. I
:09:21. > :09:24.have had some were I did not think I was going to have much of a
:09:25. > :09:27.relationship and it turned out to be a great relationship. To Reza, we
:09:28. > :09:34.never know about those things, do we? -- Theresa May. I will be
:09:35. > :09:39.representing the American people very strongly. We can now get
:09:40. > :09:42.reaction to that joint news conference from our political
:09:43. > :09:47.correspondent who is in London. Chris, Theresa May had to walk a
:09:48. > :09:52.tightrope here, making sure she got that trade deal because Britain is
:09:53. > :09:56.going to leave the EU but not wanting to defer too much to Donald
:09:57. > :10:01.Trump. How did she do? It was extraordinary to watch that because
:10:02. > :10:05.you have to be partly a critical correspondent but also the body
:10:06. > :10:10.language expert and pop psychologist as well as you see the dynamic
:10:11. > :10:15.between the two leaders, both new in post. Mrs May is the first foreign
:10:16. > :10:18.leader to step into the White House since President Trump took office.
:10:19. > :10:23.You could see an element of the awkwardness. They had not met
:10:24. > :10:29.before. I was really struck early on at how the Prime Minister was
:10:30. > :10:34.willing explicitly to say that President in their private talks had
:10:35. > :10:43.given 100% backing to Nato. We have seen the scepticism that he has
:10:44. > :10:47.articulated towards Nato. He is concerned about what he sees busy on
:10:48. > :10:51.fair funding burden that Washington has two shoulder for the Atlantic
:10:52. > :10:56.alliance. We have heard lots of concern here in the UK, not just
:10:57. > :11:00.from the Conservatives, but from across the House of Commons in the
:11:01. > :11:05.last couple of days about that outlook from President Trump on
:11:06. > :11:08.Nato. It was one of the questions that was tucked into the Prime
:11:09. > :11:14.Minister's pocket just the other day. For her to say that they had
:11:15. > :11:21.that conversation in private and she has had reassuring words on Nato, I
:11:22. > :11:25.thought was very, very striking. As you say, she has two strike a tricky
:11:26. > :11:30.balancing act. She has to be able to make the case that is in the UK's
:11:31. > :11:34.interest to have a good relationship with the White House, whoever the
:11:35. > :11:37.occupant of the building has to be. At the same time, politically and
:11:38. > :11:43.personally, the clearly different characters. They are, indeed. What
:11:44. > :11:50.impression do you think President Trump made over there in Britain? It
:11:51. > :11:53.was his very first press conference with a foreign leader. What I
:11:54. > :11:59.thought was striking in that sense was that you got an element from a
:12:00. > :12:04.British's viewer perspective of President Trump, as opposed to
:12:05. > :12:08.candidate Trump. He was more softly spoken, wasn't he? Then you got
:12:09. > :12:13.flashes of the man that we saw on the campaign trail. Crucially, the
:12:14. > :12:18.approach that he has struck, that is also different to help so many other
:12:19. > :12:23.occupants of senior political roles take to operate. At the end of that
:12:24. > :12:27.exchange, when he was talking about volunteering the difference views
:12:28. > :12:31.between him and his Defence Secretary over water boarding and
:12:32. > :12:37.torture and volunteering that as Defence Secretary would have the
:12:38. > :12:45.final say over the policy. That kind of approach, to publicly volunteered
:12:46. > :12:51.differences and to save the subordinate may have the final say,
:12:52. > :12:56.is unconventional. It is something of his prize. I suspect, in terms of
:12:57. > :13:00.the overall UK reaction, the die-hard critics of Mr Trump will
:13:01. > :13:05.not have changed his mind watching the press conference. Those who love
:13:06. > :13:12.him will be reassured that his presidency would be good news the
:13:13. > :13:15.UK. Maybe some who were open minded and could be persuaded one way or
:13:16. > :13:22.the other might acknowledge that is another side to President Trump and
:13:23. > :13:28.those -- from those performances on the campaign stage. Chris Mason in
:13:29. > :13:32.London, thank you very much. Mr Trump is planning to speak to
:13:33. > :13:36.Vladimir Putin on the phone on Saturday. His relationship was
:13:37. > :13:42.brought up and here is what he had to say in that press conference. As
:13:43. > :13:47.far as Putin and Russia, I do not see good, bad or indifferent. I do
:13:48. > :13:51.not know the gentleman. I hope we have a fantastic relationship. That
:13:52. > :13:55.is possible and it is also possible that we will not. We will see what
:13:56. > :14:00.happens and I will be representing the American people very, very
:14:01. > :14:06.strongly and very forcefully and if we have a great relationship with
:14:07. > :14:10.Russia or other countries and if we go after Isis together, which has to
:14:11. > :14:13.be stopped because it's an evil that has to be stopped, I will consider
:14:14. > :14:18.that a good thing and not a bad thing. How the relationship works
:14:19. > :14:21.out, I will not be able to tell you that until later. I have had many
:14:22. > :14:26.times when I thought I would get along with people and I do not like
:14:27. > :14:29.them at all. I have had some were I did not think I was going to have
:14:30. > :14:42.much of a relationship and it turned out to be a great relationship. So
:14:43. > :14:45.Theresa May, we never know about those things, do we? I will tell you
:14:46. > :14:47.one thing, I will be representing the American people very strongly.
:14:48. > :14:50.Donald Trump. Joining me now from London is the Republican commentator
:14:51. > :14:54.and part of President Trump's transition team. Thank you for
:14:55. > :14:59.joining us. This was his diplomatic debut. How did you do? I thought he
:15:00. > :15:04.did very, very well. I was disappointed that the first question
:15:05. > :15:10.that he was asked that took everything out of context, is going
:15:11. > :15:14.back to campaign staff. Women being punished for abortion was a
:15:15. > :15:20.hypothetical question. He changed his position and very much came out
:15:21. > :15:25.of yesterday that anyone coming from an Arab nation that supports
:15:26. > :15:30.terrorism. They have accomplished more things on his to do list and
:15:31. > :15:35.every single day there has been an achievement of one of his promises.
:15:36. > :15:40.People are in shock about what he has done. Can we stick to what was
:15:41. > :15:45.said at the press conference? What did you make of Theresa May saying
:15:46. > :15:55.that the president had told her he was 100% behind Nato? Where you
:15:56. > :16:00.reassured? People take Trump literally and not seriously and
:16:01. > :16:05.combine things. I am sure he still feels that it is obsolete because
:16:06. > :16:11.Donald Rumsfeld said it was obsolete. He is most perturbed that
:16:12. > :16:15.we carry 80% of the cost and 27 nations to not pay for it. If you
:16:16. > :16:22.think that has disappeared, the fact of the matter is he selected and has
:16:23. > :16:27.now been concerned ats confirmed the general who is behind Nato. That is
:16:28. > :16:33.the other good thing is that he does not need people to agree with
:16:34. > :16:36.heading. He once the variety... He said, didn't he, in that press
:16:37. > :16:39.conference that he would be overruled by the general when it
:16:40. > :16:46.comes to torture. That he thinks that it works but he accepts the
:16:47. > :16:50.journal does not believe in it. That may be extraordinary but is that the
:16:51. > :16:54.essence of Donald Trump's are we going to do that all antique pieces
:16:55. > :17:00.out a look at the whole picture? He has been very, very comfortable with
:17:01. > :17:06.people disagreeing with him and he has created that. He has not changed
:17:07. > :17:10.his opinion. What you said is that he would never ask anyone to do
:17:11. > :17:21.anything illegal. He would defer to the general and in the Wall Street
:17:22. > :17:27.Journal and article written had said that torture had worked. He says he
:17:28. > :17:31.believes that but he is not going to force that belief on the people who
:17:32. > :17:35.are experts. That is one of the key things about him. Let's turn to
:17:36. > :17:41.Russia, we know that President Trump is going to speak to Vladimir Putin,
:17:42. > :17:44.someone who he said that if he could have a good relationship with him,
:17:45. > :17:49.that would be great. Do you think it is too early to be talking about
:17:50. > :17:54.lifting sanctions on Russia over their behaviour in Ukraine? I do not
:17:55. > :17:59.know if that is the question of is it too early, what the question is
:18:00. > :18:03.is what would be the reason? What is the thinking behind it? Is it a
:18:04. > :18:07.carrot? What is really going on because I will tell you, Donald
:18:08. > :18:11.Trump does not do anything without having thought it through
:18:12. > :18:17.strategically and even anticipating what potential reaction could be. It
:18:18. > :18:21.was interesting to that Theresa May talked about the question of Russia.
:18:22. > :18:27.She talked about the agreement to which Russia must live up to if
:18:28. > :18:31.those sanctions are imposed. Donald Trump did not seem so familiar with
:18:32. > :18:37.the diplomatic language as Theresa May. Is that something that is going
:18:38. > :18:41.to come in time? I think that for someone who is 18 months ago, two
:18:42. > :18:49.years ago, was not a politician at all has turned our entire political
:18:50. > :18:57.system upside down, who took 3084 counties. Hillary only 157. -- 384.
:18:58. > :19:01.Give him a chance. He is a fast learner and he has been impresseds
:19:02. > :19:08.impressive at what he has mastered in such a short time. -- impressive.
:19:09. > :19:14.Thank you for that perspective on President Trump following his first
:19:15. > :19:18.meeting with a foreign leader. Let's hear more from that press
:19:19. > :19:24.conference. One of the key items was trade and the economy. Trade between
:19:25. > :19:32.our two countries is already worth over ?150 billion per year. Together
:19:33. > :19:36.we have around $1 trillion invested in each other's economies. The
:19:37. > :19:41.defence relationship is the broadest, deepest and most advanced
:19:42. > :19:44.of any two countries sharing military hardware and expertise. I
:19:45. > :19:48.think the president and I are ambitious to build on this
:19:49. > :19:52.relationship in order to grow our economies and provide the high
:19:53. > :19:56.skilled, high-paid jobs of the future for working people across
:19:57. > :20:02.America and across the UK. Theresa May there. Joining me is that Bishop
:20:03. > :20:09.from the London Chambers of commerce. I am not an economist but
:20:10. > :20:14.I understand tariffs currently between Britain and the US are
:20:15. > :20:21.minimal. If there was a trade deal, how much would trade be boosted? You
:20:22. > :20:28.are right. The rules apply and there is an extra layer on top from
:20:29. > :20:35.most-favoured-nation. The tariffs are not generally a barrier to trade
:20:36. > :20:40.and as you just heard, the trade between the US and the UK is
:20:41. > :20:46.enormous. They are our biggest individual country export market and
:20:47. > :20:52.we are in the top five of their export markets. Investment is
:20:53. > :20:59.enormous, too. We are starting from a good place. The trade agreement
:21:00. > :21:03.usually comes into play because barriers to trade are high and if
:21:04. > :21:07.you reduce those barriers, trade will grow. There has got to be some
:21:08. > :21:15.thought put into what the trade negotiations will entail. Peter,
:21:16. > :21:20.would this not mean if there was a trade agreement that those
:21:21. > :21:23.politically sensitive areas, which are Government protected, like
:21:24. > :21:30.defence and health spending, that Britain would have to open up to the
:21:31. > :21:35.Americans. Like open up the NHS? We have to pick on areas, like Donald
:21:36. > :21:41.Trump has said he is putting America first. He has got to find something
:21:42. > :21:45.in it from the USA, the getting a preferential access to us. We have
:21:46. > :21:54.65 million people, it is never going to be an equal deal. It has to work
:21:55. > :21:58.for them, too. Do you think then this is much more about the
:21:59. > :22:01.symbolism of the special relationship between Britain and
:22:02. > :22:06.America at a time where both political leaders want to show they
:22:07. > :22:13.can go it alone? I think that is an important part of it. By some levels
:22:14. > :22:19.of measurement, the USA and the UK are in the top five of the easiest
:22:20. > :22:23.places to do business in the world. Doing business with each other is,
:22:24. > :22:29.at the starting point, easy. That is not to say that free trade
:22:30. > :22:33.agreements can achieve more. Those tariffs are low but not known every
:22:34. > :22:40.sector, they can be lowered on both sides. You can take away export
:22:41. > :22:46.licensing, you can take away other licensing regimes. And have the
:22:47. > :22:49.mutual recognition of standards. All the nontariff barriers things can go
:22:50. > :22:54.down. I do not want to give the overall impression that the free
:22:55. > :22:59.trade agreement is a bad thing, but is not the massive boost to trade
:23:00. > :23:04.that it could be with countries where it is harder to do business.
:23:05. > :23:10.Thank you so much over there in London. Donald Trump said he had a
:23:11. > :23:15.friendly call with mixes president -- with the Mexican president. We
:23:16. > :23:22.had a talk that lasted for an hour this morning and we are going to be
:23:23. > :23:27.working on a theatre relationship and a new relationship. The United
:23:28. > :23:31.States cannot continue to lose vast amount of business, companies and
:23:32. > :23:34.millions and millions of people losing their jobs. That will not
:23:35. > :23:41.happen with me. We are no longer going to be the country that does
:23:42. > :23:45.not know what it is doing. We are going to renegotiate our trade deals
:23:46. > :23:50.and we are going to renegotiate other aspects of our relationship
:23:51. > :23:55.with Mexico. In the end, I think it will be good for both countries.
:23:56. > :23:59.Donald Trump talking about Mexico earlier in that press conference.
:24:00. > :24:05.Joining me now is the BBC's correspondent. You just heard what
:24:06. > :24:09.Donald Trump said there but earlier today he had a long phone
:24:10. > :24:12.conversation with the Mexican president after that bust up
:24:13. > :24:16.yesterday and now the Mexican president is not coming here. What
:24:17. > :24:21.did you make of his public comments following the bust up yesterday and
:24:22. > :24:24.the phone call with the Mexican president this morning? During that
:24:25. > :24:28.press conference, Donald Trump said he was not as brash as you might
:24:29. > :24:32.think that if you use some of the language he used to describe the
:24:33. > :24:38.Mexican president. He said he loves the Mexican people but they have
:24:39. > :24:42.beaten us to a pulp. You saw a bit of the characteristic Donald Trump
:24:43. > :24:47.that we are used to, rather than the more statement like President Trump
:24:48. > :24:52.that we saw alongside Theresa May. He is continuing that fight, shall
:24:53. > :24:55.we say, but he did have a phone conversation with the Mexican
:24:56. > :24:59.president earlier today and one of the upshot is from that conversation
:25:00. > :25:04.from the Mexican side, we have heard that both have agreed not to discuss
:25:05. > :25:09.publicly how they will pay for the wall. He did not mention the war,
:25:10. > :25:14.did he? Maybe he is coming steeped in the art of diplomacy. Maybe he
:25:15. > :25:18.has kept as part of the bargain but he said that the US cannot continue
:25:19. > :25:22.to lose vast amounts of business to Mexico. He is not giving up some of
:25:23. > :25:26.that fight he has picked with Mexico, which we saw throughout the
:25:27. > :25:29.campaign and has led to the meeting being cancelled next week. What you
:25:30. > :25:43.make of the overall tone of what did you think of the
:25:44. > :25:46.body language between Theresa May and Donald Trump? I think it felt at
:25:47. > :25:49.times that she was in charge. I felt like Donald Trump was dragged be
:25:50. > :25:51.more statement like. Except for of course the moments with Mexico. One
:25:52. > :25:55.of the most telling moments was when one of our little editors asked a
:25:56. > :26:00.tough question. What I have been saying on social media is that
:26:01. > :26:01.British journalists are ASCII and tougher questions than we have seen
:26:02. > :26:10.in the US. -- are asking tougher questions. You are watching BBC News
:26:11. > :26:19.life here in Washington, DC. I think I am ready for something
:26:20. > :26:23.milder.