
UK will ‘wait and see’ on Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’ announcement
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Government will “wait and see” whether tariffs announced by Donald Trump on Thursday “actually come to pass”, a senior minister has said. “We will always stand up for the national interest, it’s a government’s duty to do that, but the best thing in the national interest is to maintain a good trading relationship with everybody that we need to maintain that with, right across the world.” Thursday’s tariffs will not come into effect immediately, with Mr Trump ordering his advisers to carry out investigations into other countries’ trade practices before suggesting what measures to impose. Following the announcement, the British Chambers of Commerce warned that Mr Trump’s plans would “upend established trade norms” and cause “more cost and uncertainty for investors, businesses and consumers across the world”. “If they do not, then sectors such as automotives, pharmaceuticals and food and drink could be significantly hit as higher tariffs inevitably feed through into globally higher prices for consumers.” UK-US trade is worth around £300 billion per year, with Britain importing slightly more from the US than it exports to the country, a fact ministers hope will help secure exemptions from Mr Trump’s tariff regime.
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