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Why could Trump spare the UK from trade tariffs? All of his claims, fact checked (The i Paper)
Published 3 February 2025
To avoid tariffs, British officials have focused on US data during talks with the Trump administration showing that America benefits from a trade surplus with the UK, meaning it exports more than it imports. Professors Alan Winters and Michael Gasiorek provide comments about the reasons for differences in UK and US data and the impact on the UK if the US puts tariffs on the EU with the UK needing to have a very delicate balancing act to play.