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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

Trump warns US-UK trade deal ‘can always be changed’ with relations in ‘sad state’

Donald Trump and Keir Starmer at Chequers
Trump and Starmer at Chequers in September 2025. PM said last week he was ‘fed up’ with president’s actions causing energy bills to rise. Photograph: Leon Neal/AP

Donald Trump has threatened to row back on the trade deal the US signed with the UK last year, in his latest salvo against the British government over sharp differences about the US’s approach to the Middle East.

The US president said the economic deal struck with the UK, which cut some of his tariffs on cars, aluminium and steel, was “better than I had to” and that it could “always be changed”.

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