UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump shake hands at a joint press conference in the eastern room in the White House on February 27. 2025 in Washington, DC.
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US President Donald Trump signal that the UK could direct the “real trade agreement” and avoid tariffs in the middle of current negotiations sweetened by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday visits to the White House.
When asked during a joint briefing of the press if Starmer convinced Trump to avoid additional names Britain, Trump said, “He tried! He worked hard, I will say it. He earned it. All the hell, they paid him there. But he tried … I think there is a very good chance that in the case of these two great friendly countries, they could not be that they could be a tariff.
Washington leader emphasized that “very receptive” for the reputation of Starmer – which he repeatedly praised as “very, very special person” and “very tough” negotiator – and noted that the two countries could reach a “agreement that could be great”.
The warm approaching in the UK stands in sharp opposition to Trump’s otherwise criminal tariff approach to redefining trade relations in the US globally from his return to the oval office in January. Washington leader earlier On Thursday they discovered plans In order to impose 25% of Imports from Mexico and Canada on March 4. After a one-month suspension of the initiative, also announcing that China-in-the-part targeted on trade during Trump’s first term-will be charged with an additional 10% of the same day next week.
Trump is committed to tariffs as a means of remodeling commercial relations, removing trade deficits and promoting domestic production. But analysts warn that an American consumer could end up picking up a card, higher prices of goods and potential heating inflation in the world’s largest economy.
“We were treated very unfairly in the store,” Trump said on Thursday, noting that this was also related to the “friend and enemy”.
In the midst of an increase in tension, Trump also threatened tariffs to long -standing transatlantic partners in the United States, leaving the European Union and the UK in the diplomatic race to avoid a step. In escalation on ThursdayThe US president said the European Block, whose roots date from 1993, is the implementation of the Maastricht Agreement, “formed to include the United States … This is the purpose of it, and they did it well.” EU denies this claim.
Starmer, whose offensive of the White House included a letter from the British King Charles, inviting Trump on an unprecedented second state visit to the UK, took a reconciliable tone on Thursday, saying that two leaders “had a really good discussion, a productive discussion, a good discussion” on trade “.
“I think you are trying to find a division between us that does not exist,” he told reporters, noting that “our commercial relationship is not just strong, it’s fair, balanced and reciprocal.”
The U.S. Britain’s shop is on average balanced, watching the excess and deficit in recent years and the leading British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves to convince the end of January that her country “is not part of the” for Washington. “
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