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Starmer hails second trade win in a week after UK's tariff deal with Trump

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    • 88:88
      Nigel Farage
      We have an American president who's pro-Britain and we can take this much further,
      Reuters
      said Farage, the pro-Brexit campaigner
    • 88:88
      Keir Starmer
      We would like to go further in relation to tariffs, but I think it's really important that we've been able to get this deal over the line now, because in that way, we've been able to protect and save and enhance jobs right here, right now,
      Reuters
      Starmer told reporters in London
    • 88:88
      Because we haven't got that full agreement in place, being able to have this announcement on the sectoral side is obviously of crucial importance,
      Reuters
      Reynolds told reporters on Thursday, citing the significant impact of the tariffs on carmakers in particular
    • 88:88
      Keir Starmer
      I didn't know the exact day - I wouldn't have been having my phone call with President Trump halfway through the second half of the Arsenal-PSG game had I planned it better, but that's the way it turned out,
      Reuters
      Starmer told reporters, referring to the north London side who were knocked out of the Champions League on Wednesday night
    • 88:88
      Keir Starmer
      We've been absolutely the closest of allies for so many years, keeping the peace through that close alliance, that friendship, and now we add to that this deal on trade and the economy,
      Reuters
      Starmer told Trump
    • 88:88
      Peter Mandelson
      You took it to another level,
      Reuters
      Mandelson told Trump in the Oval Office, praising the president's personal role in talks with an "11th hour" call to get more out of talks
    • 88:88
      Instead the two nations have agreed to work on a digital trade deal that will strip back paperwork for British firms trying to export to the US,
      International Business Times AU
      Downing Street said
    • 88:88
      Paul Ashworth
      The 'full and comprehensive' trade deal between the US and the UK announced in a rush today by President Donald Trump and PM Keir Starmer is no such thing,
      International Business Times AU
      Capital Economics chief North America economist Paul Ashworth wrote in a note to clients
    • 88:88
      I think it’s unlikely Trump would want it to bust up, but the negotiations might go on for a while” if he pushes on sensitive issues
      Guardian
      said Hufbauer
    • 88:88
      The big payoff to Trump is the market reaction today in a more favorable political reaction in the US on his overall [tariff] policy,
      Guardian
      said Hufbauer
    • 88:88
      Clearly, there’s much more work still to do,
      Guardian
      said a US correspondent for Sky News
    • 88:88
      It’s a great thing that it came together,
      Guardian
      Trump said
    • 88:88
      There is yet more we can do in reducing tariffs and trade barriers to open up our markets to each other even more than we are agreeing to do today,
      Guardian
      he said
    • 88:88
      I think that it tells people that in terms of negotiation, what's on the table is what is actually implemented, not what's being threatened,
      International Business Times
      said Lipsky from the Atlantic Council
    • 88:88
      This was the lowest hanging fruit available to the administration,
      International Business Times
      Josh Lipsky, chair of international economics at the Atlantic Council, told AFP
    • 88:88
      It sends the message that negotiations are going to be complicated going forward,
      International Business Times
      he added