Inside Trade

November 10, 2025

Officials: U.S.-UK accord not ambitious enough for the European Union

By Brett Fortnam  / May 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The newly minted trade accord between the United States and the United Kingdom leaves too many tariffs in effect to be a model for a pact between the U.S. and European Union, European officials said Thursday, although one said the pact was a good sign the U.S. wanted to de-escalate trade tensions. The U.S. and the UK last week agreed to non-binding general terms that exempt Britain from Section 232 tariffs on autos, steel and aluminum in exchange for the...

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