Prime minister says the UK government is ‘prepared’ and would not agree economic deal with US if he does not think it is good for UK
Keir Starmer said this morning that he would respond calmly to the US tariff announcements, and that he would not be rushed into a quick decision about retaliation. (See 9.06am.)
Speaking to Sky News this morning, Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, said that business leaders were telling government not to overreact. He said:
We in the UK will take any action we need to give ourselves the tools that we need to respond to announcements of this kind …
Whilst we have a chance of making the relationship between the UK and the US even stronger than it is, the message I get very strongly from businesses [is] ‘remain at the table, don’t overreact’.
The impact on the automotive sector of that particular tariff is one of our principal concerns.
People will know companies, great British brands, JLR, BMW, Aston Martin, have substantial exports to the US, and that’s a real issue.
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2025-04-03 08:49:00
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