Mandelson admits concern over looming Trump tariffs and urges UK government to share views in private
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Mandelson admits concern over looming Trump tariffs and urges UK government to share views in private

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Peter Mandelson has admitted concern about the looming prospect of tariffs from the US, saying Sir Keir Starmer’s government can “make our views known privately and directly”. While the UK’s top diplomat in Washington said Britain would “not necessarily agree” with every detail of the new US president’s agenda, he said the government must respect Donald Trump’s “strong and clear mandate for change” and “understand what drives him”. open image in gallery US president Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on all steel coming into the US On how the UK could try to persuade Mr Trump to change his position on certain policy areas without alienating his administration, the new ambassador told the BBC: “Well, we’ve got to take all these issues as they come, realise that the president has a very strong and clear mandate for change in the United States. The US is the industry’s second-largest export market after the EU, although the government said it only accounted for 5 per cent of UK steel exports in 2023. open image in gallery Ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson said the UK government must respect Donald Trump’s “strong and clear mandate for change” Britain exported 166,433 tonnes of steel to the US in 2023, the last full year for which figures are available.

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