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Evening Standard
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David Hughes

Starmer: ‘Tariff war’ with US not in the UK’s national interest

Sir Keir Starmer defended his “pragmatic” decision not to hit back at Donald Trump’s tariffs as the US and European Union appeared to be on the brink of a full-blown trade war.

The Prime Minister has not retaliated to the US president’s global 25% tariff on steel and aluminium, despite the impact it will have on British exporters.

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