JD Vance: US ‘working very hard’ with UK on negotiating ‘great’ trade deal
The Government has been hopeful of a deal to exempt the UK from Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The US is “working very hard” with the UK on negotiating a “great” trade deal, vice president JD Vance has said.
US President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports to the United States several weeks ago, rocking the world economy, sending stock prices tumbling and sparking fears of a global recession.
Since then, Mr Trump has rowed back on tariffs, reducing the rate paid on imports from most countries to 10% and, on Saturday, exempting electronics such as smartphones and laptops from the levy – including the 145% charge on imports from China.
The Government has been hopeful of a deal to exempt the UK from Mr Trump’s tariffs, and in an interview with the website UnHerd on Tuesday, Mr Vance said he was optimistic that both sides could come to a mutually beneficial agreement.
“We’re certainly working very hard with Keir Starmer’s government” on a trade deal, Mr Vance said.
