Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend PMQs.Downing Street has vowed to “keep calm” can carry on negotiating a trade deal with the US despite Donald Trump imposing 10% tariffs on UK imports.The president also confirmed that all foreign cars sold to America will have a 25% tariff – effectively an extra tax – slapped on them as well in a move which puts thousands of British jobs at risk.Announcing the controversial moves at a White House press conference, Trump said: “Our country and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years, but it is not going to happen anymore,” Trump said.He added: “April 2, 2025 will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America’s destiny was reclaimed, and the day that we began to make America wealthy again.”Reacting to the announcement, a Downing Street source pointed out that the UK tariff was far less than those imposed on other countries, and half of the 20% slapped on imports from the EU.The source said: “We don’t want any tariffs at all, but a lower levy than others vindicates our approach. It matters because the difference between 10% and 20% is thousands of jobs.“We will keep negotiating, keep cool and keep calm. We want to negotiate a sustainable trade deal, and of co
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