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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Trump threatens to keep 25% tariff on UK steel imports over Port Talbot concerns

The Port Talbot steelworks in 2024.
The Port Talbot steelworks in 2024. The blast furnaces closed last year and raw materials are now imported from abroad. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Donald Trump is threatening to keep 25% tariffs on some or all of its steel imports from the UK unless it gives specific guarantees over the Indian-owned steelmaking plant at Port Talbot in south Wales, sources have told the Guardian.

An agreement to reduce tariffs on UK car exports to the US and scrap them for the aerospace sector was signed off by the US president and Keir Starmer on Monday, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada.

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