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Britain will not have to “choose” between Europe and America, and the government insisted amid leaks from the UK-European Union Agreement on “Free and Open Trade” in the face of Donald Trump’s tariff.
The draft joint statement, which London and Brussels laid down before a major summit in May, penetrates “common principles to maintain global economic stability.”
According to the document, the document said: “We have confirmed our common principles of maintaining global economic stability and our mutual commitment to free and open trade.”
He adds that both sides will continue to work on how to reduce the impact of fluctuations in the global economic system “and the UK and Brussels are” multi -party “.
The draft is also said to indicate “maintaining the goal of the Paris Agreement of reducing the global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius.”
It is understood that there is no explicit mention of the American president, although his formulation appears to be inconsistent with Mr. Trump’s commitment to commercial restrictions.
A government spokesman said: “The government refuses the hypothesis that must choose between our European and American allies,” a government spokesman said.
The United Kingdom will host the summit in May, and it will be seen as a critical moment in the government’s campaign to reset the post -Britain relations from the European Union with Brussels.
This comes as the UK continues to search for points with the United States that would reduce the impact of Mr. Trump’s tariff by 10 % on the goods entering America.
Sir Kerr Starmer has repeatedly refused suggestions that the UK will need to choose between partnerships with Europe or America, saying that the national interest “requires that we work with both.”
But the ministers indicated that Britain will need to search for trade relations with other countries after Mr. Trump entered the import taxes.
The UK-European Union Summit is scheduled to be held on May 19.