Very tough’ for Britain to avoid Trump tariffs forever4 Feb 2025 10:21
Britain faces a “very tough” challenge to avoid Donald Trump’s tariffs over the long term, a former US ambassador to the EU has said as China launched retaliatory countermeasures against the US.
“First of all because leaving the EU means the UK is more exposed, the EU has greater deterrent power, so to speak, in terms of retaliatory punch and also a very difficult line to walk because Trump will probably want the UK to do things that it may not want to do, i.e. to move away from EU regulation and to move closer to US regulation.