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Sir Keir Starmer has admitted that “clearly, there will be an economic impact” from Donald Trump’s tariffs. But the Prime Minister insisted the Government would reply with “cool and calm heads”.

Mr Trump has slapped a ten% levy on US imports of UK items as he confirmed sweeping taxes on international locations the world over. The PM informed enterprise chiefs in Downing Street: “Last night the President of the United States acted for his country, and that is his mandate. Today, I will act in Britain’s interests with mine.”

Sir Keir mentioned because the Government moved “to the next stage of our plan”, the “decisions we take in coming days and weeks will be guided only by our national interest, in the interests of our economy, in the interests of businesses around this table, in the interests of putting money in the pockets of working people”.

He mentioned: “Nothing else will guide me, that is my focus.

“Clearly, there might be an financial affect from the selections the US has taken, each right here and globally.

“But I want to be crystal clear: we are prepared, indeed one of the great strengths of this nation is our ability to keep a cool head.”

It comes because the UK had been scrambling to safe an financial take care of the US in a bid to mitigate tariffs.

The levies are a blow to Labour as they threat derailing Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s makes an attempt to steadiness the books.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds mentioned tariffs on the UK are a “disappointment” and “a challenge”.

But he informed Times Radio that Britain is in a “better position than a lot of other countries from what was announced last night, but I was still disappointed.”