The US has surprised Britain after hitting manufacturers with import tariffs on a huge amount of goods. Shampoo, washing machines and kids’ highchairs are just a few of the items slapped with tariffs.
The White House quietly imposed tariffs of up to 25 per cent on more than 400 new categories of goods that contain steel or aluminium. British manufacturers have been blindsided in the move which will be “very damaging to British industry”. Motorbike manufacturers and construction machine companies like JCB have been hit especially hard.
It comes after the UK and US agreed a “breakthrough” trade deal in May. If this is true, it shows how unspecial our special relationship has become with America, under Starmer. Trump is no fan of what the prime minister is doing to Britain and these punitive tariffs reflect that,
