Donald Trump deals humiliating blow to Keir Starmer as he lands in UK | Politics | News
Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a mishap, according to government sources, US President Donald Trump’s visit to the United Kingdom just a few hours before the United States’s British steel and aluminum is a long -awaited agreement to eliminate tariffs. The collapse of the agreement, which will reduce tariffs from 25% to zero, removed the British ministers and the steel industry out of the unexpected coup.
Initially, the deal, which was heralded as a breakthrough in the UK-US trade relations, will be completed this week. The US, a movement to support the UK’s steel industry, promised to provide uniform access to a limited British steel export quota. However, concerns about the United States, concerns that served as a channel for cheap steel imports from other countries, took the agreement out of the rail and embarrassed Starmer’s government in the arrival of Trump. Guardian notified.
A government source will provide zero tariffs for a small steel export quota, but unresolved issues related to the origin of Britain’s raw material imports caused the US to stop negotiations. Instead, ministers are pressing for a permanent “guarantee ,, which is now a significant ratio than 50% to other countries. Although this offers some relief, it is far below the undisputed access that England hopes to secure.
The timing of the decision is particularly humiliating for Starmer, who Uman Uman Uman Uman Uman Uman Uman, who was reinforced during Trump’s visit. Talked before flying to London, Trump reduced the possibility of a “better deal ve for the United Kingdom and increased his expectations that a decision was close. However, the sudden shelves of the agreement created a shadow on the visit, which describes the figures of the steel industry as a “big blow”.
An anonymous steel industry manager said: “It is disappointing – perhaps 100% surprising.
“Some products may not be possible to sell to the United States. Others can transfer it. It may be worse.”
Another industry said that Britain provides a competitive advantage against EU exporters who face 50% tariffs, but continued to be one of the disappointment of emotions in the industry.
Gareth Stace, General Manager of the UK Steel, accepted the setbacks, but a fixed 25% tariff is subject to higher proportions, if other nations are subject to higher rates, he could provide “some degree of certainty and potentially competitive advantage”.
However, the uncertainty for a already struggling industry with the lack of tariff -free exports, with global market difficulties took a long time.
A government spokesman said: “Thanks to the power of the UK-US partnership, we are still the only country that reinforces our position as a reliable high-quality steel source in steel exports to the United States.
“We continue to work closely with the United States to provide certainty for the UK industry, to protect qualified works and to support economic growth as a part of our change plan.”
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