A senior economic adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has said Britain should align itself with the United States on trade rather than pursue closer ties with the European Union.

Britain has been told to move closer to the US to negotiate a trade deal instead of aligning itself with the "socialist model" of the EU, one of Trump’s top economic advisers has claimed. Resuscitating his previous administration’s trade negotiations with the UK,

Britain should stand up for free trade and rebuild ties with the European Union as the global economy fragments, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said in a speech on Thursday that cast an eye towards Donald Trump's White House return.

A shift in trade patterns with Europe has weighed on the UK economy, Governor Andrew Bailey said. View on euronews

The Bank of England Governor's remarks are in contrast with those of Reform UK's Nigel Farage, who sees Donald Trump's White House win as a chance to cement transatlantic trade links.