UK having ‘extensive’ talks with US on car import tariffs, Rachel Reeves says

Some 16.9% of UK car exports were to the US last year (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Government is engaged in “extensive” discussions with the US about what tariffs will mean for the UK, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said.

President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on vehicles imported to the US will come into effect on April 2.