‘Down to the wire’: inside the UK’s crunch talks with the US as it bids to avoid Trump tariffs - short news
Ministers seek carve-out from import taxes before 2 April deadline – but critics believe they have offered too many concessions
Ministers and senior officials at every level of government are holding talks with US counterparts this weekend in a last-ditch effort to secure a carve-out from swingeing import taxes.
Government sources said ministers were raising Donald Trump’s looming tariffs as the “No 1” issue in every conversation with the US.
Continue reading...source: The Guardian - 28.03.2025