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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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David Lynch

Ministers urged to offer Trump ‘olive branch’ trade deal, and brace for tariffs

US President-elect Donald Trump has signalled his plans to introduce trade tariffs (Evan Vucci/AP) - (AP)

The UK must offer the “olive branch” of a trade deal to Donald Trump’s incoming US government, while forging closer links with the EU to bolster itself against the threat of American tariffs, an influential think tank has said.

Ministers must show they are open to a free trade agreement with the US under President Trump, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said in a report examining the Government’s plans for a new trade strategy.

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