Trump, Starmer hail limited US-UK trade deal, but 10% duties remain

The United Kingdom has desperately needed friends since its acrimonious divorce with the rest of Europe in 2020. Since then, the country has been trying to conclude trade agreements with the rest of the world, with mixed success.

British ambassador says he has "absolute confidence" in the U.S.-U.K trade deal

After President Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Thursday a trade deal between the two countries, Peter Peter Mandelson, the British ambassador to the U.S., tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," that he has "absolute confidence that they'll see it through."

Views from the nation’s press

The Chicago Tribune on how with Trump stuck on tariff repeat, UK and India make a big, beautiful deal: The greenback sank against the British pound Tuesday as the United Kingdom signed a new, tariff-busting trade deal with India that is a prime new example of how countries around the world can work around the United States and its tariff-obsessed president. India and the United Kingdom are the fifth and sixth largest economies in the world and I…

Five weeks after Donald Trump proclaimed the day of liberation and flooded the world of tariffs, the United Kingdom has been able to negotiate a principle of agreement against the protectionist tsunami. The so-called "Economy Prosperity Pact between the United States and the United Kingdom" is a starting point for selective reopening of the American market. It proposes negotiating exceptions to tariffs on steel and aluminium, later on on pharmac…

Michael Murphy: U.S.-U.K. trade deal offers little substance

While Trump and Starmer can both claim it as a win, Britain's economy will still be worse off than before the trade war started

Universal Tariffs Go from Bonkers to Blanket

The UK has struck a deal with the US to avoid bigger tariffs but keeps the 10% blanket tariff in place.