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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O’Carroll

US will not back out of its tariff deals with UK and others, says Trump trade representative

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump shaking hands
Keir Starmer and Donald Trump in February last year. Trump’s deals with about 20 countries have been in doubt since Friday’s US supreme court ruling. Photograph: Carl Court/AP

The US will not back out of tariff deals it has already sealed with countries around the world, including the UK, the EU, Japan, Switzerland and others, Donald Trump’s trade representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday.

The US supreme court ruled on Friday that many of the tariffs imposed by the US president were illegal, leading Trump to announce a new 15% global tariff on all imports the next day.

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