Why Britain’s Chagos Deal Tests Relations With Trump

The UK’s plan to cede ownership of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has drawn condemnation from US President Donald Trump, potentially threatening the agreement that’s taken years to thrash out.

The deal would end more than two centuries of British control over the Indian Ocean archipelago. It calls for the UK to pay an annual fee to allow British and US forces to maintain a key military base there.