British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has refused to take sides in a brewing trade war between the US and the EU, emphasizing the UK's commitment to working with both partners despite Donald Trump's threats of tariffs.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has refused to back the European Union in a trade war after Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on exports from the bloc.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, second right, meets with, from left, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Poland’s PM Donald Tusk and European Council President Antonio Costa during an EU summit in Brussels.The US president said that Brussels could expect to be hit with trade levies “pretty soon”, sparking market turmoil on the Continent.
“In relation to the US and the EU, or Europe more generally, if you look at our vital interests, it’s really important we work with both and don’t see it as either/or,” he said. In March 2018, during his first term in office, Trump hit European aluminium exports with 10 per cent levies and steel with 25 per cent.
Over dinner, he pitched an EU-UK defence pact spanning military mobility, research and development, industrial collaboration and joint missions to protect critical undersea infrastructure.
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