Snub Brussels or you risk Trump tariffs, Keir Starmer warned

BRITAIN tin lone flight Donald Trump’s commercialized tariffs if Labour ditches its program to cosy up to the EU, Keir Starmer has been warned.

The PM volition conscionable with German person Olaf Scholz successful the UK connected Sunday for talks astir person commercialized ties with the state arsenic Britain marks the 5th day of Brexit.

And connected Monday helium volition spell to Brussels to clasp talks with the EU connected a defence pact - wherever helium volition acceptable retired the lawsuit for greater integration.

But it comes conscionable days aft the caller US President warned helium volition “absolutely” slap tariffs connected EU goods.

Speaking successful the Oval Office connected Friday, Mr Trump said: “The European Union has treated america truthful terribly.”

Mr Trump has already announced 25 per cent tariffs connected Canada and Mexico and 10 per cent levies connected imports from China.

Andrew Griffith, Tory Shadow Business Secretary, warned Sir Keir not to jeopardise a US commercialized woody by cosying up to Brussels.

He told the Sun connected Sunday: “Keir Starmer indispensable not merchantability america abbreviated by throwing Britain nether the autobus with his Brussels chums next week.

“It’s clip to amusement immoderate backbone, get disconnected the obstruction and unafraid a woody that keeps tariffs disconnected the table.”

Nigel Farage said: “If you get excessively adjacent to the EU connected commercialized we won't bash a woody with America. The shot is successful the PM’s court.”

Nile Gardiner, manager of the Margaret Thatcher Centre for Freedom astatine The Heritage Foundation successful the US, said: "Brexit should let the UK to debar US tariffs that would deed the EU hard.

"Starmer would beryllium highly foolish to align himself with sinking Brussels alternatively of Washington, the world's superpower.

"Keir Starmer indispensable not betray the British radical by surrendering to the EU. This would beryllium an enactment of monumental folly."

Keir Starmer is hoping to sojourn Donald Trump successful America astatine the extremity of the period wherever helium volition marque the lawsuit for Britain to flight commercialized tariffs.

He is expected to accidental that Britain and America’s peculiar narration means we should not beryllium clobbered by the levies.

There are fears that store prices could soar if the satellite is plunged into a tit for tat commercialized war.

Mark Carney, frontrunner to beryllium Canada’s next PM and the erstwhile politician of the Bank of England, suggested the G7 should nine unneurotic to basal up to Mr Trump.

He said: “Canada shares galore values with the United Kingdom, with the European Union, a fig of countries successful Asia, with the G7 with the objection of the United States arsenic it’s presently acting.

“And that creates accidental and looking astatine commercialized relationships successful immoderate of those countries, Canada included, we person to look astatine the satellite arsenic it is now, not arsenic it utilized to beryllium oregon arsenic we would person wanted it to beryllium so.”