US-UK trade deal has saved jobs at Jaguar Land Rover, says Mandelson

Employees check a Range Rover at JLR’s Solihull plant. Trump’s import taxes had threatened to cripple British high-end carmakers. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The UK’s limited trade deal with the US has immediately prevented job losses at Jaguar Land Rover’s plant in the West Midlands, Britain’s ambassador to the US has said.

“This deal has saved those jobs,” Peter Mandelson said in an interview on CNN. “That’s a pretty big achievement, in my view, and I’m very pleased that the president has signed it.”