Keir Starmer and Donald Trump spoke on Sunday and mentioned “productive” talks in direction of a UK-US commerce deal, the British Prime Minister’s Downing Street workplace mentioned on Sunday.
Since Britain’s exit from the European Union at the beginning of the last decade successive UK governments have sought to strike a commerce cope with the United States.
“They discussed the productive negotiations between their respective teams on a UK-US economic prosperity deal, agreeing that these will continue at pace this week,” a press release learn.
“They agreed to stay in touch in the coming days.”
Trump himself has dangled the prospect of a “great” deal that would assist the United Kingdom keep away from, or at the least soften, the blow attributable to the tariffs the US president has promised.
Unlike the EU, Britain has declined to retaliate towards the tariffs already imposed on the nation’s metal trade.
Though the earlier Conservative authorities didn’t handle to ink a deal in, Labour celebration chief Starmer got here away from a Washington go to in late February hopeful of reaching an settlement.
The UK is believed to desire a commerce deal forward of Trump’s so-called April 2 “Liberation Day”, when he’s set to unveil a spread of tariffs for various buying and selling companions.
But any such accord is but to see the sunshine of day.
Source: www.anews.com.tr