Global Outlook

 As he prepares to sign agreements with India and the US, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated on Thursday that the UK will not "compromise quality for haste" in negotiating post-Brexit free-trade agreements. The UK is eager to use Brexit as an opportunity to seal international agreements, and under Boris Johnson, the country announced a number of agreements with nations outside the European Union. However, the country's agreement with Australia, reached last year by Sunak's brief predecessor Liz Truss, "gave away far too much for far too little in return," according to former environment minister George Eustice. Additionally, he claimed that Truss, who was serving as trade minister at the time, had established "arbitrary targets" for deal closure. Following discussions about the matter with world leaders during this week's G20 summit in Bali, Sunak informed MPs on Thursday that he would only accept deals if he felt they were worthwhile. Sunak in...