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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke and Alex Croft

SHOCKING: Starmer to set out uk response to trump tariffs in press conference | Mind Blowing Facts

Sir Keir Starmer will hold an emergency press conference on Britain’s response to Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats, after warning the US president in a Sunday night phone call that the move was “wrong”.

Mr Trump announced on Saturday that the UK would be among eight countries charged a 10 per cent tariff “on any and all goods” sent to the US from February 1, increased to 25 per cent from June 1, until a deal is reached for Washington to purchase Greenland from Denmark.

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