The UK avoids the worst Trump’s wrath, but says the “threat” collections

On Thursday, British Prime Minister Kire Starmer told the Business Business to Downing -States that while President Donald Trump has a “mandate” to act in the interests of his country, the UK has the right to respond to 10% Levi, which the White House has decided to impose on the country.

However, he urged “steep heads” when he said that Britain “would now move to the next stage of our plan.”

“The decisions we make in the coming days and weeks will only be guided by our national interests. In the interests of our economy. In the interests of the enterprises around this became,” he said at his official office at the Downing -Rate, London.

“It is clear that there will be economic influence on the part of the decisions that the US has taken here and here and in the world. But I want to be crystal clean – we are ready,” he said.

Earlier, UK Britain’s British Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the country was facing a “threat” to an open economy from any global fall from the new Trump tariff regime.

UK escaped relatively intact Due to its largely balanced trade in goods with states.

Trade deficit, which the United States is working with numerous trading partners, has largely been used by a white home for counting, which tariff levels should be introduced into certain countries or territories.

Recognizing the UK was in a better position than in many countries, Ryinolds nevertheless said

“Anything that violates the world trading system is a threat to the UK because we are much more globally focused on trading economy than some partners,” Jonathan Reinold said on Thursday, Reuters reports.

He said the government would continue to work on a trade transaction with the Trump administration and hoped to get tariffs. He did not rule out the counter-MER “if we needed.”

The UK hoped to get out of Trump’s tariff regime relatively intact compared to other US trading partners, given the more balanced trade relations between the two countries when it comes to import and exports of goods.

One of Trump’s long -standing mistakes is a trade shortage in America with neighbors and competitors, including Canada, China, Mexico and the European Union.

The UK is already subject to 25% of the tariff for the import of steel and aluminum, which Trump announced in February, as well as 25% duty on “all cars that are not made in the United States”. The last Levy came into force on Wednesday.

On the eve of the tariffs, Britain hoped to make a deal with the White House to avoid new duties, but UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to wrap his expectations, saying that tariffs were still likely.

Starmer said Britain continued to work on an economic transaction with the United States, and that “rapid progress” was made, but warned that the agreement could take time.

“I don’t think anyone wants to see tariffs” – Starmer Told Sky News Monday. “We are working hard on the economic deal on which we have made rapid progress, and I hope we will be able to make really fast resolutions,” he said.

“The likelihood is that there will be tariffs. Nobody welcomes it. We obviously work with the sectors most affected. Nobody wants to see the trade war. But I have to act in national interests, and it means that all options should remain on the table,” he added.

UK Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds insisted on BBC on Tuesday that standing talks with Trump administration mean Britain was in the “best position of any country” to abolish the duties of trade duties.