West ‘cannot be agnostic or naive’ about where goods are made, Reeves tells IMF

Rachel Reeves said she wanted to see trade barriers come down, but added the US ‘have a point’ that trade had become too unbalanced (Jose Luis Magana/AP) - (AP)

The West “cannot be agnostic or naive” about where goods are made, the Chancellor has told a gathering of foreign finance ministers as she prepares for talks with her US counterpart.

Rachel Reeves told the International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings in Washington that she wanted to see tariffs and trade barriers come down, but added the US “have a point” that global trade had become too unbalanced.