US president teases announcement with ‘big and highly respected country’ at 10am (3pm BST) in Washsington
In the morning Politico newsletter, Andrew McDonald makes the following point worth bearing in mind. He writes:
This was never meant to be a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with the US, of the sort that previous Tory governments tried and failed to win. Instead, this had been pitched by UK officials as a narrow economic pact to avoid tariffs and work together on AI and critical tech. How narrow or otherwise, we should know soon.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/08/donald-trump-us-uk-keir-starmer-trade-deal-politics-live-news
Author : Martin Belam
Publish date : 2025-05-08 06:20:00
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