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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox,Kate Devlin and Barney Davis

Britain braced for worst from Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ trade war

Britain “must prepare for the worst” from new import tariffs, the foreign secretary David Lammy said yesterday as the world awaits the start of Donald Trump’s trade war.

The United States president has threatened to impose fees of 20 per cent or more on imports from around the world with immediate effect in measures expected to be announced on Wednesday – which he has dubbed “Liberation Day”.

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