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<\/p>\nWhite House officials believe a trade deal with Britain can be finalised within three weeks, sources have claimed. <\/p>\n
An insider familiar with the strategy told The Telegraph that London was in a good position for a rapid deal.<\/p>\n
However, the UK will likely be in a second wave of announcements, following Japan, India, and South Korea.<\/p>\n
Donald Trump wants to reach agreements with these countries first in order to isolate China.<\/p>\n
Britain was slapped with a blanket 10 per cent tariff on nearly all goods imported into the US after Trump’s “liberation day” move to reset global trade<\/p>\n
REUTERS<\/p>\n
A White House official told The Telegraph that an agreement was expected “soon”, saying: “Two weeks or maybe three.”<\/p>\n
It comes a day after JD Vance, the US Vice-President, sent the Ftse 100 surging by predicting that Trump would agree a “great” trade deal with London.<\/p>\n
Vance cited Trump’s “cultural affinity” with Britain as a key factor, telling Unherd: “There’s a real cultural affinity.” <\/p>\n
“And of course, fundamentally America is an Anglo country… I think there’s a good chance that, yes, we’ll come to a great agreement that’s in the best interest of both countries.”<\/p>\n
MORE LIKE THIS:<\/strong><\/p>\n Vance added that they were “working very hard with Keir Starmer’s Government”. <\/p>\n Britain was slapped with a blanket 10 per cent tariff on nearly all goods imported into the US after Trump’s “liberation day” move to reset global trade.<\/p>\n White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there were already 15 trade deals on the table.<\/p>\n More than 75 countries have reached out to strike agreements before the end of a 90-day pause on more aggressive tariffs.<\/p>\n Trump officials have said Britain was in a good position for a fast deal because it imports more goods from the US than it exports.<\/p>\n However, they also caution that nothing can be taken for granted with Trump’s unpredictable style.<\/p>\n Steve Bannon, Trump’s former strategist, said a deal with the UK would be among the simplest and fastest to negotiate.<\/p>\n “You (Britain) don’t make anything anymore,” he said. “You don’t make anything we’re trying to bring back. That’s why Japan and Korea will be tough.”<\/p>\n More than 75 countries have reached out to strike agreements before the end of a 90-day pause on more aggressive tariffs<\/p>\n REUTERS<\/p>\n He added: “Sure you guys make automobiles but it is nothing in the grand scheme of things. They’re kind of bespoke Jaguars and Aston Martins.”<\/p>\n Trump met Japanese officials on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected in Washington next week for the IMF’s spring meetings.<\/p>\n Britain may have to wait for other deals to be finalised as the Trump administration tries to build a trade bloc against China’s manufacturing might.<\/p>\n South Korea’s finance minister is due to meet Trump’s treasury secretary next week.<\/p>\n However, Britain comes with advantages that other nations cannot match, according to Vance, who noted that Britain and the US already enjoy a “reciprocal relationship”.<\/p>\n A British Government spokesman said negotiations with the US remain ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White House officials believe a trade deal with Britain can be finalised within three weeks, sources have claimed.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,32,2000,299,5187,1699,4884,12,285,512,16,1259,3106,15,978,727,2862],"class_list":{"0":"post-25877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-european","14":"tag-european-union","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-politics","18":"tag-sgg","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-uk-news","21":"tag-uk-politics","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-us-news","25":"tag-us-politics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114349989180548947","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Trump](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-with-tariff-board.jpg\")