They have also expressed disappointment that the UK didn’t push back more against the threat of Trump’s tariffs, as Europe is doing.
And the dismissal of the ‘historic’ deal between Britain and America opens the way for a more substantive agreement with the EU, which European officials indicated they want to see happen.
Keir Starmer and Donald Trump last week announced the first trade deal of any nation with the US since Trump plunged the global economy into turmoil with a baseline tariff of at least 10 per for every nation and 25 per cent on cars and steel.
But the baseline levy of 10 per cent for UK goods remain.
But European officials are dismissive of the UK-US deal, arguing it isn’t a trade deal at all, but rather a reprieve from tariffs, and that the real deal remains to be struck with the EU.
The also expressed disappointment that the Prime Minister did not push back harder against Trump’s tariffs against what the president called “our oldest ally.”
EU and UK already ‘connected‘
“We are already much more closely connected to the UK and we’re working together to improve it even more in various areas,” he added.
EU and UK negotiators are still scrambling to wrap up joint declarations covering defence, geopolitics and future cooperation, which could help repair their trading relationship.
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