Keir Starmer responds to Donald Trump’s steel tariff blow

Ed Davey floats 'retaliation' tariffs against Donald Trump's US

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00:00His tariffs against steel and aluminium will hit Canada the hardest and will also hit jobs

00:07and the cost of living in our country. So in reminding President Trump who America's

00:13true and long-standing friends and allies really are, will the Prime Minister also prepare

00:20a plan for tariffs in return, starting with tariffs on American electric cars?

00:29Prime Minister, Mr Speaker, he's right to reference our history, the 80 year anniversary

00:36and of course we were fighting alongside the Americans and that is amongst the reasons

00:40we have a special relationship. British steel is an essential part of our heartlands and

00:47we will not abandon our skilled workforce and it needs a level-headed assessment of

00:53the implications which is what we're going through at the moment. But we will always

00:57put our national interests first and steel workers first.

01:01Sir Ed Davies.

01:03Thank the Prime Minister for that reply but it seems to me the way President Trump and

01:07his ally Musk are operating they do need to hear strong measures and words from even their allies.