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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin,David Maddox and Millie Cooke

Trump and Starmer agree historic UK-US trade deal with tariffs slashed for Britain

Sir Keir Starmer has struck a historic trade agreement with the US that will slash Donald Trump’s tariffs, in what the president hailed as a “great deal for both countries”.

The UK became the first country to reach such an agreement since Mr Trump’s swingeing “Liberation Day” tariffs threw the global economy into turmoil last month.

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