Claim: Tens of thousands of workers will share in a £1.8 billion pay rise under a US trade deal.
Fact-check: The government's "£1.8 billion pay rise" from a US trade deal doesn't outweigh the impacts of Brexit on wages - Full Fact
Verdict: government analysis shows wages could be 0.2%  higher after 15 years under a scenario where we sign a free trade deal with the usa compared to a baseline scenario where we don't. but this baseline assumes wages will be 6.4% lower than they would have been, had we remained in the eu.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2020-03-13T00:00:00