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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
David Hughes

UK braced for Trump tariffs as No 10 acknowledges exports unlikely to be spared

British firms look set to be hit by Donald Trump’s tariffs after Downing Street acknowledged the UK was unlikely to be spared.

The US president is set to unveil sweeping import taxes on goods from countries around the world on Wednesday, an event Mr Trump has dubbed “liberation day”.

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