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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
David Lynch

UK-US trade deal was needed to save 150,000 livelihoods, Labour minister says

A senior Government minister has said that the UK-US trade deal was urgently needed to protect as many as 150,000 livelihoods, and will be “really good for Britain.”

The deal removes tariffs on UK steel and aluminium imports to the US, and cuts the levy on cars from 27.5 per cent to 10 per cent, offering British luxury carmakers like Jaguar Land Rover a reprieve.

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