Theresa May to meet US investors in New York to tell them not to ditch Britain after we leave the EU
PM is also in the American city to challenge world leaders to do more to tackle the migrant crisis
THERESA May is meeting American business leaders in New York to tell them not to stop trading with Britain when we stop being part of the European Union.
She is among the world leaders who have arrived in the city for her first United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
And while there she has lined up meetings with representatives from top companies including Amazon, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
She will also go to a reception for companies from both the UK and the US that are engaged in transatlantic trade.
Mrs May said she would meet "business leaders here in the US" to "keep businesses investing in the UK in key sectors".
Speaking to reporters on the RAF Voyager taking her to New York she said: “What I will be talking about with both American and British business leaders is about how we can encourage that trade and investment between the two countries.
"Something like a million people in the UK wake up each morning and go to work for an American company in the UK.
"I will be talking to them and hearing from them what their emphasis is in terms of the issues that they want us to address, but when we go into the negotiations for the trading deal with the European Union that will pertain once we have left the EU, we will be aiming to get the right deal for the UK."
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On the agenda for Mrs May's first General Assembly is the migrant crisis.
She will be pushing for a recognition that countries have the right to control their own borders.
Speaking at the United Nations in New York, the Prime Minister will challenge nations to do more to tackle the biggest humanitarian crisis for a generation.
She will call for the creation of “a first safe country” neighbouring conflict zones where people fleeing war can claim asylum – without risking their life by using people traffickers to reach Europe.
And she will commit more overseas aid to help war ravaged regions.
But in a barnstorming intervention she will tell the UN that far more needs to be done to distinguish between genuine refugees and ‘economic migrants’ simply after a better life.
During her visit to the city she will also meet Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe for talks, just weeks after his government produced a 15-page dossier listing his country's firms' concerns over Brexit.