Naga Munchetty and Darren Jones on BBC BreakfastThe BBC Breakfast’sNaga Munchetty suggested the government’s new trade deal with the US is “the best out of a bad lot” this morning.No.10 announced its new agreement with Donald Trump on Thursday, promising that thousands of jobs will be saved under the deal.It will see tariffs on British steel and aluminium exports to the US being cut from 25% to zero.Tariffs on 100,000 British cars being sold to America will also be cut from 27.5%.But, during an interview with chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones, Munchetty pointed out that the average British tariffs on US goods have fallen from 5.1% to 1.8% while US levies on UK imports have risen from 3.4% to 10%.“So you’ve made a deal – as part of this special relationship – but we are paying more than they are,” the presenter noted.He replied: “Would we rather be in a world where we were a year ago where there were l
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