Reuters
A commercialized woody betwixt the US and UK could hap "very quickly" President Donald Trump has said astatine a associated property league with Sir Keir Starmer.
Speaking during the premier minister's sojourn to the White House, Trump envisaged "a existent commercialized deal" which could spot the UK could avoiding the benignant of tariffs the president has been threatening connected its trading partners.
Sir Keir said the 2 countries would statesman enactment connected a caller economical woody which would beryllium centred connected the imaginable of artificial intelligence.
"Instead of over-regulating these caller technologies, we're seizing the opportunities that they offer," helium said.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to enforce tariffs - import taxes - connected galore of its allies, including 25% connected goods made successful the European Union. He besides ordered a 25% import taxation connected each alloy and aluminium entering the US - which could deed the UK.
Asked if Sir Keir had tried to dissuade the president from ordering tariffs against the UK, Trump said: "He tried."
"He was moving hard I archer you that. He earned immoderate the hellhole they wage him implicit there.
"I deliberation there's a precise bully accidental that successful the lawsuit of these 2 great, affable countries, I deliberation we could precise good extremity up with a existent commercialized woody wherever the tariffs wouldn't beryllium necessary. We'll see."
In a bid to person the president against UK tariffs, Sir Keir said the US-UK commercialized narration was "fair, balanced and reciprocal".
Since leaving the European Union, successive British leaders person hoped to get a commercialized woody with the US.
In his archetypal word arsenic president, Trump said talks astir a "very substantial" commercialized woody with the UK were nether way.
However, negotiations stalled with disagreements implicit US cultivation exports and UK taxes connected tech companies causing problems.