US and UK confirm trade deal, but steel still a sticking point

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Both the United States and United Kingdom signed an agreement on June 16 formally lowering some tariffs on imports from Britain as the countries continue working toward a formal trade deal.  However, steel appears to remain a sticking point. Washington will set a quota for tariff-free imports of the metal from the UK, while other countries face 50% tariffs.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00That's it's the sun.

00:08Thank you very much.

00:10We all know the great Prime Minister of the UK and we just signed a document.

00:16Sorry about that.

00:21A very important document.

00:23A little windy out here.

00:25We just signed it and it's done.

00:28And so we have our trade agreement with the European Union.

00:33And it's a fair deal for both.

00:35Going to produce a lot of jobs, a lot of income.

00:38And we have many, many other ones coming.

00:42But you see the level of enthusiasm is very good.

00:45But the relationship that we have is fantastic.

00:48So I just want to congratulate you.

00:51Donald, thank you very much.

00:53This now implements on car tariffs and aerospace our really important agreement.

00:59And so this is a very good day for both of our countries.

01:02A real sign of strength.

01:03So thank you again, Donald.

01:05A really important day for both of us.

01:07Great people.

01:08Great people.

01:09The submarine agreement, is that still proceeding?

01:12You've initiated a sort of review of that.

01:14Yep, we're proceeding with that.

01:16It's a really important deal to both of us.

01:18I think the President is doing a review.

01:20We did a review when we came into government.

01:22So that makes good sense to me.

01:23But it's a really important.

01:24We're very long time partners and allies and friends.

01:28And we've become friends in a short period of time.

01:31He's slightly more liberal than I am.

01:33To put it mildly.

01:34Well, we stand slightly on the left.

01:35But for some reason we get along.

01:37We make it work.

01:38Sorry.

01:39I'm just waiting for a minute.

01:41You have to take our opportunity to

01:48assist this with our country.

01:49And so, what do you said?

01:51Why would you ask for the conversation?

01:54I don't know.

01:56You, you're talking about the press.

01:57What's the press?

01:58What's the press?

02:00So what's the press?

02:02Well, let's go.

02:04The press.

02:06And then, this.

02:08私たちにとって例えて言えば自動車というのは本当に大きな国益でありますこういうことの国益を守り抜くために

02:19我々として最善の努力を重ねるということにつきますこれは相互相手のあることでございますので我が国の国益を守る必要がある

02:30これを守り抜かねばならないということでありますからいつまでにということを申し上げることは困難でございます

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