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We have been absolutely clear that all options are on the table as we ensure the national interests of the British people, who will be very concerned at this time about how this affects the bottom line for them and their economic welfare.”
Lammy added
The United Kingdom, like France, is a great maritime nation,
Lammy told reportersWe have a very good dialogue,
the U.S. president said ThursdayI don’t think it is in the UK’s best interest to retaliate,
he said, but admitted
But it got caught up in a whole lot of Eurosceptic arguments.”
He told studentsIt is the beginning of a new era, we need to understand that, just as we have for defence and security, we have to understand the changing world when it comes to trade and the economy.”
The prime minister said
We have a very good dialogue. I think he was very happy about how we treated them with tariffs,
Mr Trump said ... the US president told reporters on Air Force OneThe operation is over. The patient lived, and is healing. The prognosis is that the patient will be far stronger, bigger, better and more resilient than ever before.”
Taking to his social media platform Truth Social, he said
We are a nation that believes in open trade, and I regret the return to protectionism in the United States, something that we’ve not seen for nearly a century,
the foreign secretary told reportersEntering into a trade war with an economy the size of the US - the US is bigger than India, Germany, UK, Brazil put together by significant margin - it's a trade war we can only lose
Speaking after the company announced it was expanding a factory in America, Mr MacDonald said
What’s really interesting is that in the first term I spoke to the White House quite a lot. In this term, I haven’t, because I can’t be seen to interfere unless the Government wants me to be useful."
He explained
We have to act and lead differently
the prime minister said, describing the response to President Trump’s tariffs as “not just a short-term tactical exercise”.I think it's going very well,
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The prime minister set out his reaction yesterday when he met businesses,
Mr Murray told Times Radio when asked whether Mr Trump was rightA 20 percent tariff on all European goods is potentially devastating for many industries, if indeed these tariffs are permanent and fixed in nature. This is unlikely, given that administration officials have intimated that negotiation will be possible. Short-term disruption is inevitable, however, given that the tariffs come into place on April 5, leaving governments no time to stop the process.”
Michael Field, chief equity strategist at Morningstar, said
It does not mean that. It has everything to do with the blunt use of long division that an eight-year-old could do, and no special UK carve out.”
But Simon French of the London-based stockbroker Panmure Liberum saidConsumer goods, healthcare and industrials sectors will be amongst the sectors worst affected by the new measures,
said FieldI’ve been following the news constantly, up all night hitting refresh, waiting to see what was coming,
she told Al JazeeraTrump’s tariff announcement was worse than expected.”
That sentiment resonated with many other observers, including senior analyst at Swissquote Bank Ipek Ozkardeskaya, who told clientsI can’t say to everyone, ‘Don’t worry, we will be OK.’ Because I don’t know,
she added