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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea and Lisa O’Carroll

MPs warn that UK agreements with Donald Trump are ‘built on sand’

Donald Trump and Keir Starmer sit before a blue wall  with text announcing their 'Tech Prosperity Deal'
The ‘milestone’ deal between the US and the UK to ensure zero tariffs on the pharmaceutical industry, announced this month, has no underlying text beyond limited headline terms. Photograph: Leon Neal/Reuters

Ministers and senior MPs have warned that the UK’s agreements with Donald Trump are “built on sand” after the Guardian established that the deal to avoid drug tariffs has no underlying text beyond limited headline terms.

The “milestone” US-UK deal announced this month on pharmaceuticals, which will mean the NHS pays more for medicines in exchange for a promise of zero tariffs on the industry, still lacks a legal footing beyond top lines contained in two government press releases.

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