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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou and David Maddox

EU gets boost from new wave of Trump tariffs while Brexit Britain misses out

British businesses have lost their advantage over the EU after Donald Trump’s latest wave of trade tariffs, experts have warned, despite the overall tariff for UK goods remaining the same.

The US president announced plans on Thursday to hit dozens of countries with renewed tariffs as time-limited levies, introduced in response to a Supreme Court defeat, expire on Friday.

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