The UK is not going to be pushed round by Donald Trump’s tariff threats, Rachel Reeves stated as she defended Sir Keir Starmer’s makes an attempt to chill tensions over Greenland.
The US president has threatened to slap a ten% tariff on imports from the UK and different European allies against his efforts to annex the Danish territory.
The Chancellor stated the UK had an financial plan which might “get us through challenging times” and the commerce cope with the US wouldn’t be “undone”.
She was talking on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland the place Mr Trump is because of make a serious speech in a while Wednesday.
Ms Reeves informed Sky News: “Britain is not here to be buffeted around. We’ve got an economic plan, and it is the right one for our country.
“If other countries want to increase trade barriers, that is their choice, but we are determined to bring trade barriers down which is why this week I’m meeting with European, Gulf partners, Canadians to talk about how we can free up trade and make it easier for businesses to trade around the world.
“And on President Trump, we worked last year to get a trade deal. And as the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick said when I saw him yesterday, he doesn’t see any reason why that trade deal should be undone.”
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