Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said the UK had been “treated differently to the European Union” as a result of its decision to leave the bloc after the referendum in 2016.
Asked if the lower 10 per cent tariff imposed by the US was a “Brexit dividend”, Jones told Sky News: “It is, there’s one. I’ve struggled to find one in the past but there is one we’ve ended up with.
“I’ve already talked about relationship with the United States, we know that’s important and works well, but so is our relationship with the European Union – on trade, on energy, but increasingly on security, and I think it’s the right strategic decision for the UK, especially in this world that’s chopping and changing around, that we have those strong bridges into the European Union and into the United States, and that’s what we’re working to deliver.”
Speaking in the Commons last week, senior Labour backbencher Stella Creasy said the UK needed to “get real”, warning that “celebrating a tariff of 10 per cent rather than 20 per cent is like a person celebrating the fact that when they were mugged, only their wallet was taken, not their watch as well”.
Ministers have insisted that they will not make a choice between closer trading ties with both the EU and US.
Jones was unable to say on Sunday whether he believed the trade deal would result in the White House reducing or removing the 10 per cent tariffs on UK goods.
The US is also understood to be pushing for deeper concessions from the UK in agriculture.
Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper said: “It would be deeply undemocratic if Parliament were to be sidelined on such a critical issue for the country.
“Both Conservative and Labour MPs should commit now to voting down any Trump deal that sells out British farmers and their high food standards or waters down our online safety rules. The government must not use our high food and animal welfare standards or the online safety of our children as pawns in a negotiation to appease Donald Trump.”
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