Trump and Starmer have concluded a new business agreement, solves imports of goods and duties
Britain should buy more meat.
London. US President Donald Trump On Thursday he announced a new “breakthrough trade agreement” with Britain, the first of its kind since he imposed imported duties for goods from abroad. The agreement concerns several areas, including the agricultural and food industries.
Within it, Trump also agreed to reduce duties to British cars, steel and aluminum. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer He welcomed the trade agreement, TASR reports according to AFP and AP reports.
« I am excited to announce that we have reached a breakthrough trade agreement with the United Kingdom, » Trump told reporters in the White House.
By agreement, Britain should buy more US beef and simplify its customs process for goods from the United States.
« The agreement includes billions of dollars of enlarged market access for US exports, especially in agriculture, » added the US leader. According to him, the pact « will dramatically increase access for American beef, ethanol and virtually all the products that are made by our great farmers, » he explained.
Trump denied that he would overestimate the new agreement and insist that it was far -reaching and could still expand. « The final details are being worked … Everything will be very definite in the coming weeks, » Trump told reporters.
The British Prime Minister also highlighted the importance of the new agreement. « This is a really fantastic, historic day, » Starmer said through videools during concurrent press conferences in Britain and Washington.
According to AP, the United Kingdom officials reported that Trump’s car duties will be reduced from 27.5 percent to 10 percent to a quota of 100,000 vehicles and import duties to steel and aluminum will be reduced from 25 percent to zero.
