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Christopher McKeon

UK must avoid Trump’s tariffs, says Starmer

The Prime Minister said he was ‘alive to the danger’ posed by Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs (Julia Nikhinson/AP photo) - (AP)

The Prime Minister said the UK would “have to make sure that we avoid tariffs” as he faced questions on his approach to incoming US president Donald Trump.

Mr Trump has pledged to introduce wide-ranging tariffs on the first day of his new administration, which starts on January 20, with experts predicting damaging consequences for Britain’s goods trade with the US.

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