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Experts said after Donald Trump launched a global tariff war: Kiir Starmer “walks on a tight rope” between the United States and the European Union in trade.
The Prime Minister insisted that he was not an option for “O” when he sat with the leaders of the European Union for dinner last night to launch talks to re -set him after Britain left the European Union.
He informed the main trade experts Independent There are “reasons for optimism” that Britain can capture good trade deals with Brussels and Washington.
This came when Trump threatened customs duties against the European Union, after announcing plans to impose it on Canada and Mexico.
The members of his internal circle have made it clear that a clear tariff can be imposed on Britain, yet there were signs of optimism on Monday as Trump said that the UK was “outside the line” in trade “but I am sure of that … I think one of them … I think it is possible To be placed.
It comes at a time when the militants called on both sides of Britain’s exit from the European Union, Sir Kerr, to “choose a side.”
But at NATO press conference before his dinner with European Union leaders in Brussels, Sir Kerr seemed almost enjoying the position of falling in the confrontation of the emerging global trade in Trump.
When asked whether he is trying to “get a foot in both camps,” the Prime Minister said: “With regard to the United States and the European Union, it is really important to work with both, and we do not see that” or “on defense and security. We are working closely with Our European allies every day, especially in Ukraine, but not only in Ukraine, but in the same amount of defense and security with the United States with the special relationship.
“When it comes to trade, equally with a great deal of trade between the United States and the United Kingdom, as we have with the European Union.”
The markets were in turmoil all over the world on Monday due to fears of a commercial war – but the British markets were better and gained the pound against the euro after Trump’s hint of the definitions.
There was also speculation that Trump’s most positive approach with the United Kingdom compared to other countries was partially based on the desire not to offend the royal family. A White House official said Independent “The president will not do anything to cancel the king’s respect.” However, it became clear that officials were not aware that King Charles was also head of state in Canada.
LIB Dem leader Sir Ed Davi called for the emergency summit of the Commonwealth to support Canada in the wake of Trump’s threats.
But commercial experts believe that Britain is preparing to achieve the maximum benefit from the turmoil.
Marco Forceion, Director General of the Carted Institute for Export and International Trade, said, Independent The threats of definitions against Canada, Mexico, Panama and Colombia were “geopolitical”, but it warned of “with the European Union there is something more fundamental, Trump’s does not like.”
He added: “Because of Northern Ireland, we will not fully escape from being affected by the American definitions of the European Union.”
However, he continued: “The Prime Minister walks on a tight rope here, but there are reasons for optimism, even if there is a very narrow drop. On one with Trump and the United States.
But he pointed out: “To avoid customs tariffs and get a deal, we will have to play their bases to a large extent. This will mean DE-China-resisters our supply chains.”
Sources on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean raised fears that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s trip to China before Trump’s inauguration sent a negative signal to the new American administration.
“The UK government is in a position that allows it to direct the state ship brilliantly between the dual dangers of the United States and the European Union. Starmer should not make is to ensure that any re -setting the European Union does not display its trade policy Independent and organizational independence.
But others were pressuring Britain to make a firm choice, as Lib Dems renewed calls to join the Customs Union of the European Union.
“Trump’s commercial aggressive policy explains that he is an unreliable ally and a threat to global economic prosperity. Starmer has only one option. We need the Prime Minister to be clear that he will not be attracted in the dangerous commercial wars of Trump but it It will seek a close relationship with the European Union instead.
But in the United States there was a warning that the choice of the European Union on the United States would lead to long -term damage to Britain.
Andrew Hill, a trading analyst at the Heritage Corporation, which helped formulate Trump’s policies in the 2025 project: “A foolish curtain to reach the European Union at a time when Trump announced that he is preparing for definitions against the European Union. He must stay away from any potential tariff goals if it is He has any meaning.
“The Starmer government has doubled the failed economic policies of Jeremy Hunt and the heads of the former conservative party for penal taxes, increased borrowing, increased regulations, and the percentage of debt to GDP. The British economy is about to collapse, and American definitions can lead to this. It will not take much. “
The Trump team from the inside repeated a warning that Britain is still facing definitions.
“I don’t think the United Kingdom has had a lot of attention so far.” “Most American politicians look at Starmer in the same way they saw Biden – an empty suit with many sects; it lacks the material. It seems that the UK government is without a dove and is unable to deal with the most urgent issues of its time.”