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What repercussions will President Trump’s tariffs have on the UK?
The Independent
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4/2/2025
What are the repercussions of Trump’s tariffs on the UK?The Independent
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The UK is preparing for all eventualities as global stock markets nervously await
00:05
the imposition of Donald Trump's sweeping trade tariffs.
00:08
Let me be clear with the House, a trade war is in nobody's interest.
00:12
The White House has provided no details about the size and scope of Donald Trump's tariffs,
00:18
which he is set to announce on Wednesday night.
00:20
But analysts are forecasting blanket tariffs of between 20% and 25% on all goods going into the US.
00:27
The US accounts for around 17% of car exports from the United Kingdom.
00:34
And of course, there are sectors like Scotch whisky as well,
00:37
which are reeling from the possibility that they could be slammed with tariffs.
00:43
Worst case scenario here is that these British companies selling into America
00:47
might see a reduction in demand, their sales will be hit.
00:51
When companies have weaker sales, they have no choice but to look at their cost structure.
00:56
And that could obviously lead to job cuts in a worst case scenario.
01:00
In response, Canada and the EU have said they will fight back against President Trump's tariffs
01:04
with reciprocal ones. But the UK doesn't export to the US anywhere near as much as those countries.
01:11
When you look at the amount of imports we take from them,
01:14
in relation to their overall size of their export market is tiny,
01:18
we take around 3% of the US exports overall.
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So if we were to put further tariffs on those goods,
01:26
we would simply harm consumers in the UK and push up inflation here,
01:31
as well as antagonising the US government.
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Tariff hikes will go into effect immediately, the White House has said.
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So businesses will not have any time to adjust.
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Keir Starmer is still hoping to negotiate a UK-US trade deal to mitigate the impact.
01:46
One of the UK's bargaining chips is the promised state visit,
01:50
which appears to have caught Donald Trump's attention.
01:53
One thing that I would do if I was the UK government,
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I would postpone the royal visit as much as possible.
01:59
Once that is gone, I don't know, because Trump doesn't seem to be the kind of person that
02:05
sort of keep his end of the deal when there's no bargaining on the other side.
02:12
So, I mean, that seems silly, but this is the times we're in.
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When it comes to the UK's response, Starmer said that he will remain calm,
02:21
but that nothing is off the table.
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