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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Starmer admits he has not spoken to Trump since he brought in trade tariffs

Keir Starmer with police officers in the background
‘Our teams talk all of the time’: Keir Starmer during his visit to Cambridgeshire said the US president had not refused his calls to mitigate trade tariffs. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Keir Starmer has admitted he has still not spoken to Donald Trump since the US president brought in trade tariffs, with government sources saying the UK was not given any advance warning of this week’s changes to US tariffs.

The prime minister defended his decision not to retaliate with tariffs on Thursday, after the UK did not appear to have been rewarded for holding off countermeasures.

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