Labour Gives up on Reducing 10% Tariff Rate – Guido Fawkes

Labour Gives up on Reducing 10% Tariff Rate

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As Guido pointed out back on Tuesday, Labour has been making far from hopeful noises about reducing the 10% base tariff rate. Reeves said in the Commons that her negotiations had a “particular focus” on the additional rates only…

Now the government is briefing that ministers are “increasingly pessimistic about securing an outright exemption” from the tariffs but that “things change by the day.” Pitch-rolling ahead of any economic deal with the US…

Starmer, who hasn’t spoken to Trump since tariffs came in despite for some reason claiming Downing Street’s negotiating prowess secured a better tariff rate, said yesterday: “I don’t think having a strong relationship with the US has given us no advantage whatsoever.” The public doesn’t buy the Trump-whisperer spin – But that Oval Office meeting went so well…