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A senior financial adviser to Donald Trump has warned the UK that it must ditch the “socialist” EU and embrace a commerce take care of the US as a substitute, or face tariffs.

The intervention by Stephen Moore seems to be an try and pressure the hand of Sir Keir Starmer within the newest signal that the connection with the incoming White House administration goes to be painful.

But the prime minister has been urged to not “take the threat on the chin” and to proceed to pursue nearer ties with the European Union, Britain’s largest export market.

Earlier this week, The Independent revealed that President-elect Trump plans to veto Sir Keir’s deal at hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in a transfer that would humiliate the prime minister, due to issues over the joint UK-US airbase on Diego Garcia.

Now Mr Trump’s workforce is pushing the Labour authorities to ditch its greatest overseas coverage goal – resetting the EU relationship – in favour of a commerce take care of the US.

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Mr Moore informed The Times that the UK “has to make a choice” between “EU socialism and US freedom”.

He stated: “I’ve always said that Britain has to decide – do you want to go towards the European socialist model or do you want to go towards the US free market? Lately it seems like they are shifting more [towards] a European model, and so if that’s the case, I think we’d be less interested in having [a free trade deal] … I hope they would move towards freedom, but that doesn’t seem to be the case given the Budget that they just came out with in London.”

But the pro-EU cross-party stress group European Movement UK has described the Trump workforce ways as “bullying”.

Economist and former MEP Molly Scott Cato, a senior vice-chair of the group, warned that Sir Keir ought to “not take the threat on the chin”.

She informed The Independent: “Significant economic benefits will remain out of reach unless the government is willing to choose a better deal with Europe above Trump’s US, and above other deals that risk undermining our standards, join at least the EU customs union, and then build from there.

“As an economist, I’m not at all surprised that making trade harder with our largest export market has had a negative impact on our economy. But we don’t have to just take this on the chin. There are actions we can take to address the trade barriers imposed by Brexit. Reaching a veterinary agreement to cut red tape and reduce border checks would be a practical first step.”

The try and bully the federal government – which seems to be in need of associates on the worldwide stage, with the collapse of Olaf Scholz’s authorities in Germany – additionally comes as chancellor Rachel Reeves is desperately looking for methods of reaching Labour’s intention of financial progress.

Mr Moore insisted that Mr Trump has “won a mandate” for his plans to impose financial tariffs and begin a global commerce struggle, however the incoming president can be eager on signing a commerce take care of the UK.

The Trump adviser added: “I’ve always been in favour of a free trade agreement with the Brits, but for one reason or another it hasn’t happened.

“It would make sense to me … I think we do have a special relationship with the Brits, more than we do with the Germans and the French and the rest of Europe.”

However, there are severe issues over what a US-UK commerce deal would appear to be, with American meals producers specifically having a lot decrease requirements and rules in farming.

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Kim Darroch, Britain’s former ambassador to the US, has warned that Mr Trump provided the UK a deal in 2017 however “it would have destroyed British farming”.

Ms Reeves, who’s concentrating on a commerce take care of the US, has made clear that the Labour authorities won’t compromise on agricultural rules or Britain’s relationship with the EU.

She informed ITV News: “We are not going to allow British farmers to be undercut by different rules and regulations in other countries.”