Donald Trump has described Boris Johnson as “the right man” to convey Brexit, as the pair met over morning breakfast meeting at the G7 summit in Biarritz.

When the international media asked President Trump what would be his advice to Prime Minister Johnson on Brexit, the US president stated: “He [Johnson] needs no guidance. He is a fantastic Prime Minister and a correct man to deliver Brexit.”

Trump likewise talked upon the prospects for a US-UK trade agreement after Brexit, saying it would be a “major economic alliance, greater than we’ve at any point had.”

The two leaders were addressing journalists after breakfast, joined by their officials.

Johnson later told in an interview that the US would wish to do a deal in a year. However, we would like to achieve that all within a year which will be considerably tight”.

Johnson affirmed he had repeated his resistance to the NHS being opened up to US firms as a significant aspect of any trade accord – and to the UK settling for reducing animal welfare standards to US levels to get an agreement.

After the meeting, the two nations released a joint statement, saying they would start a “special relationship economic working group” (SREWG) to “create market-oriented principles for financial development and enhance bilateral partnership on issues identified with the cutting edge 21st-century economy”.

Before their G7 meeting, Johnson had stated that he would raise with Trump the issue of the inexorably harsh trade spat between the US and China, and press him to open the US market to British products after Brexit.

Johnson advised journalists in transit to Biarritz that he was “incredibly, worried” about the continuous strife between the US and China. The two nations have forced duties on a swathe of one another’s imports, as the White House blames Beijing for out of line rivalry and China retaliated.

Johnson stated on Saturday: “This isn’t the best way to proceed. However, those who bolster the duties are in danger of bringing about liability for the decline in the global economy, irrespective of whether that is valid.

He added, “I wish to see an opening up of worldwide trade, and see dialling down of pressures, as well as taxes fall off.” President Trump and Johnson greeted each other passionately when they met for the first time at the G7 summit. They were later spotted walking and conversing warmly on the stairs before the breakfast meeting. The international media reported.