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Megan Howe and Nicholas Cecil

UK scrambling to get Donald Trump to slash tariffs to zero, says minister as US threatens medicines levies

Britain wants Donald Trump to cut tariffs on the UK to zero, says a minister as the Government and pharmaceutical bosses were scrambling to avoid US import levies on medicines.

The US president has warned that a tariff on foreign drugs could come into effect in the near future, set at around 25 per cent.

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