Starmer should secure deal as soon as possible to exempt UK steel from US levies, says Community union
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Steel trade unions have said it is “absolutely vital” that the UK rapidly secures a deal to protect the sector from Donald Trump’s tariffs, after the industry was excluded from an initial UK-US pact signed last night.
Keir Starmer and Trump signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs “because I like them”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/17/uk-steel-trump-tariff-deal-uk-us-trade-pact-starmer
Author : Julia Kollewe and Jasper Jolly
Publish date : 2025-06-17 08:41:00
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