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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Scramble underway to stop Trump tariffs hitting Britain’s pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical bosses and the government are racing to stop Donald Trump from slapping tariffs on medicines in a move that would significantly impact Britain’s multibillion-pound industry.

The US president has warned he will impose a 25 per cent levy on foreign drugs, which would devastate UK giants GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca.

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