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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin and David Maddox

UK hints one million US jobs would be put at risk in trade war, in veiled warning to Trump

Sir Keir Starmer has hit back at Donald Trump’s tariff threats with an apparent warning that 1 million Americans working for British companies stand to be affected.

It comes as the president-elect indicated that he will slap tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China as soon as he re-enters the White House in January, raising fears that the UK is next.

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