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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke and Alex Croft

Starmer tells Trump it is ‘wrong’ to impose tariffs on Nato allies

Sir Keir Starmer will hold an emergency press conference on Britain’s response to Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats, after warning the US president in a Sunday night phone call that the move was “wrong”.

Mr Trump announced on Saturday that the UK would be among eight countries charged a 10 per cent tariff “on any and all goods” sent to the US from February 1, increased to 25 per cent from June 1, until a deal is reached for Washington to purchase Greenland from Denmark.

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