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Huffington Post // Politics

'Is Donald Trump Taking You For A Ride?' Trevor Phillips Puts Minister In Hot Seat Over US Deal

Sunday 11th May 2025, 8:36AM


Yvette Cooper and Trevor PhillipsPresenter Trevor Phillips asked the home secretary this morning if Donald Trump is taking the UK “for a ride” with their new trade deal.Keir Starmer and his American counterpart proudly announced that Britain and the States had reached an economic agreement on Thursday.It will see tariffs on British steel and aluminium exports to the US being cut from 25% to zero, while levies on 100,000 British cars being sold to America will be cut down from 27.5% to 10%.The UK government has repeatedly claimed this deal helps saved thousands of jobs in manufacturing.But the deal has come been criticised by some such as renowned American economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, who told Sky News that any agreement with Trump is “not worth the paper it is written on”.So presenter Trevor Phillips put these comments to home secretary Yvette Cooper on Sunda

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