Posted on 02/02/2025 10:26:13 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday that he would seek a strong trade relationship with the U.S. after President Donald Trump suggested he would slap Europe with tariffs after he hit America's biggest trading partners — Canada, Mexico and China — with import taxes.
Starmer spoke to reporters while hosting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at his country estate on the eve of a mission to improve relations with the European Union.
“In the discussions that I have had with President Trump, that is what we have centered on, a strong trading relationship," he said. “So it is very early days.”
Canada and Mexico ordered retaliatory tariffs in response to Trump's announcement that the U.S. on Tuesday will stick a 25% levy on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% on goods from China. Trump said he “absolutely” plans to impose tariffs on the E.U.
The U.K. left the EU in 2020, following a referendum in 2016. Trump, who supported the Leave side in the Brexit vote, has not yet said whether he plans to target the U.K with tariffs.
The tit-for-tat tariffs have triggered fears of a global trade war.
“Tariff increases really right across the world can have a really damaging impact on global growth and trade, so I don’t think it’s what anybody wants to see,” British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told the BBC.
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Wicked Kier Starmer installed by demonic Obama pimping him starting in March of 2024.
“UK’s Starmer seeks strong trade relations with the US in the wake of Trump’s tariffs”
wasn’t Starmer calling President Trump Orange Hitler or something just a few weeks ago?
F the UK. We need to remove all our troops from Europe and turn NATO over to the Europeans. No more special status.
This tyrant can start by getting on his knees and begging Trump for forgiveness for allowing his advisors to help Harris in the 2024 election.
A player of the game, respects the game, thus a quick Bent the Knee and moving on to Greenland.
wasn’t Starmer calling President Trump Orange Hitler or something just a few weeks ago?
Yep, and I'm willing to bet he is desperate to distract the British public from the corruption scandals plaguing his party.
I am British and I want a trade deal with the US but when I look at the state of our government, now they are looking to give illegal immigrants citizenship and the vote so that existing British citizens will find it harder to vote out Labour in future, I wonder if it would be better long term if Trump sanctioned the UK until Starmer was forced to resign or Labour were forced to cave in over their anti-democratic tyrannical schemes.
This has to be the worst government since Henry VIII. They are both stupid and evil.
Is it too late for us to make Great Britain a colony of the USA?
Bite your tongue.
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