Keir Starmer and Donald Trump discuss new UK-US 'economic' deal as tariff breaks teased by US president
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump have held a brief call to discuss progress on a new economic deal between the two countries, the prime minister’s spokesman says.
The United Kingdom is hoping to negotiate a deal with the United States to avoid a broader round of reciprocal tariffs that Trump says he will announce next week.
“The prime minister and president discussed progress in the talks on the ‘Economic Prosperity Deal’ between the US and the UK,” the spokesman told reporters on Monday.
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It comes as Mr Trump says he may give a “lot of countries” breaks on tariffs and that he plans to announce more tariffs on cars in the next few days.
“We’ll be announcing some additional tariffs over the next few days, having to do with automobiles, cars, and having also to do with lumber down the road - lumber and chips,” Mr Trump said during a press conference announcing Hyundai’s plan to build a plant in Louisiana.
He said earlier on Monday that he will in the very near future announce tariffs on cars, aluminium and pharmaceuticals.
While speaking to reporters at the White House, Mr Trump said the United States would need all those products if there were problems including wars.
“We’ve been ripped off by every country,” Mr Trump said as he presided over a meeting of his cabinet.
with PA
