US rules out trade deal with UK outside EU http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/11962277/Major-blow-for-Brexit-campaign-as-US-rules-out-UK-only-trade-deal.html
22 Feb 2016
The United States has ruled out a separate trade deal with UK if it leaves the European Union, in a major blow to Brexit campaigners.
President Obama's most senior trade official said that America is "not in the market" for a free trade deal with Britain alone, and warned British firms could face crippling Chinese-style tariffs outside the EU, reports the Daily Telegraph