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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Starmer under pressure to secure US trade deal after Trump suggests Australia could avoid 25% steel tariffs

Sir Keir Starmer is under increasing pressure to secure a deal with Donald Trump after the US president said he could exempt Australia from punishing tariffs on steel.

The US president triggered panic over the future of Britain’s fragile industry on Monday when he announced a worldwide 25 per cent tariff on steel imports.

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