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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea, Helena Horton, Lisa O'Carroll and Callum Jones

Trump and Starmer confirm ‘breakthrough’ US-UK trade deal

Trump listens as Starmer speaks to him on the speaker phone in the Oval Office at the White House
Trump listens as Starmer speaks to him on the speaker phone in the Oval Office at the White House. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The UK and US have agreed a “breakthrough” trade deal slashing some of Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars, aluminium and steel and that the prime minister said would save thousands of British jobs.

Keir Starmer said it was a “fantastic, historic day” as he announced the agreement, the first by the White House since Trump announced sweeping global tariffs last month.

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