Trump’s financial adviser dampens Starmer’s hopes of tariffs aid

A senior financial adviser to Donald Trump has stated it will take “a unprecedented deal” for any nation, together with the UK, to enhance on the ten% tariff charge the US has imposed virtually worldwide, pouring chilly water on Downing Avenue’s hopes for a breakthrough. Trump succumbed to strain from plunging monetary markets on Wednesday and briefly diminished “retaliatory” tariffs on all international locations to 10% – barring Chinese language items, which face a charge of 145%. For the UK, that is no change from the levy imposed when Trump introduced his “liberation day” agenda, however Keir Starmer’s authorities nonetheless hopes a free…