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  • Donald Trump teases ‘major’ trade deal with ‘highly respected’ country expected to be UK – US politics live

    US president to make announcement in Oval Office at 10am ET that is expected to detail agreement on trade negotiations

    Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.

    Donald Trump is expected to announce the framework of a trade agreement with the UK, according to two people familiar with the matter, after teasing a major announcement with a “big and highly respected, country.”

    A federal judge blocked the government from deporting migrants to Libya, amid reports that the US military planned to fly detained immigrants there this week.

    Donald Trump withdrew his nominee for surgeon general, Fox News contributor Dr Janette Nesheiwat, one day before her confirmation hearing. Later in the day, he nominated a wellness influencer close to RFK Jr to take her place.

    Columbia University called in the NYPD to clear a Gaza solidarity sit-in at a campus library, resulting in about 75 arrests.

    The Federal Reserve refused to lower interest rates as questions around the global economic outlook mount amid Trump’s erratic rollout of an aggressive trade strategy.

    Trump said there would be more information in the next day on a potential new proposal for a hostage release deal and ceasefire in Gaza.

    Stockholm’s city council rejected a “completely bizarre” demand from the US embassy in Sweden to abandon the city’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

    Voice of America, the US-funded broadcaster, will now run video provided by One America News, an openly partisan, virulently pro-Trump, far-right broadcaster.

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  • Trump expected to announce UK trade agreement, sources say, after teasing ‘major’ news

    President said he would hold a press conference at 10am ET (3pm BST) but analysts said it was unclear if a final agreement had been reached

    Donald Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that the US will strike a trade agreement with the UK, according to a person familiar with the matter, which would mark the first deal for the White House since it imposed sweeping tariffs against trading partners last month.

    The specifics of the trade deal were not immediately clear and there was no comment from the UK on whether a trade deal had been agreed. Analysts said it was unclear if a final agreement had been reached, or if the countries would announce a framework that would be subject to further negotiation.

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  • JD Vance says US hopeful of ‘great’ trade deal with UK

    Vice-president says Donald Trump ‘loves’ the UK and there is good chance of reaching mutually beneficial agreement

    The US is optimistic it can negotiate a “great” trade deal with the UK, JD Vance has said.

    Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports to the US several weeks ago, sending the global economy into turmoil as stock prices tumbled and fears of a global recession mounted.

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  • Gordon Brown accuses Trump of ‘weaponising’ global trade system

    Former PM says governments should team up to create ‘global rescue plan’ that counters US president’s tariffs

    Gordon Brown has accused Donald Trump of “weaponising” the global trading system with steep import tariffs that threaten a “breakdown” in the global economic order.

    The former prime minister said governments and central banks should come up with a “global rescue plan” comparable to actions taken during the global financial crisis of 2008, including synchronised interest rate cuts to cushion the blow from tariffs.

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  • Starmer admits he has not spoken to Trump since he brought in trade tariffs

    Government sources say the UK also not given any advance warning of this week’s changes to US trade tariffs

    Keir Starmer has admitted he has still not spoken to Donald Trump since the US president brought in trade tariffs, with government sources saying the UK was not given any advance warning of this week’s changes to US trade tariffs.

    The prime minister defended his decision not to retaliate with tariffs on Thursday, after the UK did not appear to have been rewarded for holding off countermeasures.

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  • Retaliation or restraint: how should Keir Starmer react to US tariffs?

    Tit-for-tat levies on American goods may appeal to voters but would risk adding to UK’s economic headwinds

    Keir Starmer has said he wants to shelter Britain from the storm of Donald Trump’s escalating trade wars.

    Governments the world over are considering how best to respond to the turmoil unleashed on the global economy by the US president last week.

    Meat, fish and dairy products.

    Whiskey and rum.

    Clothing.

    Motorcycles.

    Musical instruments.

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  • Trump tariffs could undermine Brexit deal in Northern Ireland

    US president imposes two-tier rate on island of Ireland, raising concerns over impact on 1998 peace pact

    Donald Trump’s tariff plan could undermine the Brexit deal between the EU and the UK for trading arrangements in Northern Ireland, a highly sensitive agreement designed to maintain the 1998 peace pact.

    As part of the president’s attempt to spur on a “rebirth” of the US, Trump has imposed a two-tier tariff rate on the island of Ireland – with a 20% tax on exports from the republic but a 10% rate on the UK including Northern Ireland.

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  • Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs: what’s at stake for UK and EU?

    What is expected from Donald Trump’s tariffs on US imports and how will EU and UK leaders react?

    The EU and the UK are bracing for a damaging trade war with the US, as Donald Trump is expected to implement his threat to impose tariffs on imports from Europe.

    For weeks, he has named 2 April “liberation day”, with the unveiling of a tariff plan to reverse what he called “unfair practices that have been ripping off our country for decades”.

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  • Keir Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat looms

    PM told to be as robust as Canada with the US president as the UK stages last-ditch talks to strike trade deal

    Keir Starmer should fight back strongly against Donald Trump if he imposes punitive tariffs on British exports, senior UK and EU diplomats said on Saturday night, amid heightened fears that the US president could trigger a global trade war with devastating effects on the UK economy.

    British government officials in London and Washington are working frantically this weekend to try to persuade Trump not to slap duties on more key UK industries on what he is calling “liberation day” on Wednesday. The US president has already announced plans for 25% levies on imports of cars, steel and aluminium to the US.

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