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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political correspondent

Starmer and Trump to announce UK-US trade deal

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump sitting down and leaning towards each other at the White House
Keir Starmer and Donald Trump in the White House in February. Starmer has been seeking to reduce the impact of tariffs that Trump announced last month. Photograph: Carl Court/Reuters

The UK and US are poised to announce a trade agreement, the first by the White House since Donald Trump announced his sweeping global tariffs.

Trump said it was “a very big and exciting day” for both countries before a press conference in the Oval Office on Thursday. Keir Starmer is planning to deliver his own press conference at around the same time.

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