There is unlikely to be a “resolution” in talks over US tariffs on UK steel when Donald Trump and Keir Starmer meet on Monday, Jonathan Reynolds indicated, saying there was “more to do” in negotiations.
The Prime minister will attempt to hammer out a deal on steel import levies when he meets the US president at Turnberry, Trump’s Ayrshire golf course.
Starmer and Scotland’s first minister John Swinney also plan to urge the US president to apply pressure on Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza, where the population is facing starvation.
When the UK and US signed a trade deal in June, it reduced tariffs on car and aerospace imports to the US.
But agreement on a similar arrangement for Britain’s steel imports was not reached, leaving tariffs on steel at 25%.
American concerns over steel products made elsewhere in the world and then finished in the UK, are said to be among the sticking points.