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Trump Deal is a significant achievement for rigid

Henry Zeffman

Main correspondent

Epa Sir Keir Starrer in a suit and tie stands on a podium in the White House with the President seal, flanked by British and American flags.EPA

The United Kingdom is desperate after such a deal with the United States since President Donald Trump triggered his wave of global tariffs.

So other countries have. But it seems that Great Britain came first – a significant achievement by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starrer and his government.

Those who approached the conversations have said for some time that the form of a deal was basically there, but that it was never entirely clear when and whether the president of the Maverick President could sign, which had knocked out his negotiation team.

The fact that he did this this week makes this very important for trade in Great Britain and only comes two days after the complete free trade agreement between Great Britain and India.

It is estimated that the British India contract brings an increase in bilateral trade and an annual increase in British GBP of 4.8 billion GBP by GBP 25.5 billion, which simplifies the exports of British goods to India and the taxes on Indian clothing and shoes are reduced.

There is a clear political upswing for a prime minister who, after a catastrophic sentence of local election results for workers, was under pressure in the past week to rethink domestic politics.

He has now completed the deal with India, his conservative predecessors could not reach and agreed with the United States – even if it is not ahead of the comprehensive free trade agreement that the conservative governments were through and never managed.

President Trump seemed to play on the agreement when he published on Wednesday evening on social media: “Big press conference tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., the Oval Office, about a large trade agreement with representatives of a large and highly respected country. The first of many !!!”

The British team had expected an announcement today, but was surprised when the US media broke the news overnight.

Although Trump has referred to it as a “trade agreement”, this is probably more limited than the – a more specific business to reduce the tariffs to certain things.

The US President has announced and switched back a tariff in countries around the world this year.

The United States is still the British trading partner in the UK and buys almost 200 billion GBP in British exports.

Most of them from Great Britain in the United States are currently exposed to a 10% tariff ceiling.

Great Britain – as in other countries – was also hit 25% tariffs for steel and aluminum exports in the USA as well as a 25% tariff for cars and auto parts.

From the British side you would like to expressly reduce the tariffs on British steel and cars.

They want something about pharmaceuticals and technology from the US side – which makes the majority of goods exports overall.

Andrew Griffith, the shadow business and trade secretary, says that a US UK deal is “welcome and another Brexit advantage”.

According to Griffith, the restoration of the growth of the economy also requires “the reversal of Labor's business attacks on business activities” and the reduction of “high energy costs”.

“Conservatives will be examined closely,” he said.

In the meantime, the liberal democratic spokesman Daisy Cooper says that the parliament “has to be held over the deal” so that it can be “checked”.

“A good trade agreement with the United States could bring enormous advantages, but the liberal democrats will oppose all concessions that threaten our NHS, undermine our farmers or give us -US technical billionaires,” she said.

“If the government is confident that the agreement that it has negotiated with Trump is in the national interest in Great Britain, it should not be afraid to bring it to MPs.”

There is also a wider point.

Sir Keir pointed out to make a warm relationship with Trump – warmer than many expected.

There were also grumbling about which dividend he received for his efforts, in terms of trade, Ukraine and any number of other topics.

Here is his answer.

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