{"id":63310,"date":"2025-04-30T15:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/63310\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T15:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:58:18","slug":"donald-trump-puts-uk-trade-deal-on-back-burner-amid-us-warnings-that-starmers-brexit-reset-will-block-pact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/63310\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump ‘puts UK trade deal on back burner’ amid US warnings that Starmer’s Brexit ‘reset’ will block pact"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 05:36 EDT, 30 April 2025 | Updated: 05:39 EDT, 30 April 2025 <\/p>\n

Donald Trump<\/a> has put a UK trade deal on the back burner in a blow to Keir Starmer<\/a>‘s hopes of getting agreement before his Brexit ‘reset’, it was claimed today.<\/p>\n

The US president is said to have made clear that Britain will not be in the first ‘phase’ of pacts that he is hoping to strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The priorities emerged as the PM pushes for trade terms that could spare Britain from the worst of Mr Trump’s tariffs<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ministers have been scrambling to finalise terms before a summit with the EU on May 19 – when the UK will unveil closer relations.\u00a0Mr Trump has claimed the bloc was created to ‘screw’ America, and hailed Brexit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A recent report by the US Department of Agriculture noted that ‘dynamic’ alignment with Brussels food standards could ‘impact’ a free trade agreement with the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A source with knowledge of US talks told the Guardian: ‘The US has now decided to negotiate its trade deals in three phases.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The government has been told it will not be in phase one – though that leaves the door open to be in either phase two or three.’<\/p>\n

Sir Keir and Mr Trump raised the prospect of a Transatlantic trade deal when they met at the White House in February – before the president unveiled his ‘Liberation Day’ tariff barrage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Donald <\/p>\n

Donald Trump is said to have made clear that Britain will not be in the first ‘phase’ of pacts that he is hoping to strike<\/p>\n

\"Ministers <\/p>\n

Ministers have been scrambling to finalise terms before a summit with the EU on May 19 – when Keir Starmer will unveil closer relations (pictured with Ursula von der Leyen)<\/p>\n

Hopes have been dwindling of getting an exemption from the ‘baseline’ 10 per cent charges on goods entering America.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the UK has suggested cutting duties on US car imports as a quid pro quo to reduce eye-watering 25 per cent tariffs on UK car exports, steel and aluminium.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir is also keen to head off the threat that the pharma industry will be targeted in another wave of levies.<\/p>\n

However, he has ruled out several concessions the US is thought to be looking for as the price of a deal.<\/p>\n

These include reductions in food standards rules that limit imports of American agricultural goods and changes to online safety legislation that some US politicians believe limit freedom of speech.<\/p>\n

Economists have warned that Mr Trump’s policies are set to spark a global slowdown and wreak havoc with Rachel Reeves’ attempts to revive growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sir Keir has repeatedly rejected suggestions that the UK will need to choose between partnerships with Europe or America, saying the national interest ‘demands that we work with both’.<\/p>\n

\"Rachel <\/p>\n

Rachel Reeves held talks with her US counterpart Scott Bessent last week as she scrambled to find a way of dodging Donald Trump’s tariffs<\/p>\n

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