Trump is preparing to take power in January after winning the US election last month on a campaign during which he promised to slap tariffs of as much as 20% on all imports to the US, and of 60% on those from China.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK doesn’t need to trade off its special relationship with the US against its European alliances, despite concern that US President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to ramp up tariffs will drive a wedge between the allies.
“The idea that we must choose between our allies, that somehow we’re with either America or Europe, is plain wrong — I reject it utterly,” Starmer said on Monday in a speech on foreign affairs at the Lord Mayor’s annual banquet in the City of London. “The national interest demands that we work with both.”
