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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox and Athena Stavrou

Farage’s immigration plans will spark an EU trade war ‘worse than Trump tariffs’, warns minister

Reform UK’s policies would spark a trade war with the EU that would have far worse consequences than Donald Trump’s tariffs, a senior minister has claimed.

European affairs minister Nick Thomas-Symonds, who is responsible for negotiating the Brexit reset for Sir Keir Starmer’s government, has dismissed Reform leader Nigel Farage as “not a serious candidate for prime minister”.

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