UK-US trade deal will benefit British workers, says Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer breaks silence on US-UK trade dealSource: Sky News

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00:00As you know, talks with the US have been ongoing, and you'll hear more from me about that later today.

00:07But make no mistake, I will always act in our national interest for workers, businesses and families

00:14to deliver security and renewal for our country.

00:20Because the world has changed decisively.

00:24I mean, I remember, and some of you will also too, the day the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.

00:38A landmark moment for my generation.

00:43A sense of freedom, of possibility, of peace.

00:48European countries finally free to choose their own future.

00:52I didn't think then that, in my lifetime, I would see Russian tanks entering a European country again.

01:03Yet here we are, and here we stand resolutely with the people of Ukraine, together with our allies,

01:12showing the strength of our values, as well as the value of our strength.

01:17Now, a few weeks ago, I was with the Prime Minister of New Zealand to visit our forces delivering Operation Interflex in Wiltshire.

01:30This is a multinational military operation that has trained more than 50,000 Ukrainian troops for the front line.

01:39Men and women who are not soldiers by trade, far from it.

01:46They're accountants, they're builders, business people, you name it.