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title: Donald Trump plans to announce a new trade pact with the UK on Thursday, in what could make Britain the first country to ease tariff tensions with the US
description: "➡️ https://lnkd.in/eG8ABj8f\n\nTrump said in a post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday that a “Big News Conference” was coming “concerning a MAJOR TRADE DEAL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF A BIG, AND HIGHLY RESPECTED, COUNTRY”.\n\nThe expected UK-US deal is one of 17 agreements that the Trump administration has been aiming to sign with its major trading partners as it rows back on the sweeping tariffs on countries around the world announced on April 2.\n\nThe US president has been under pressure to deliver some early deals to show investors that he is serious about de-escalating the trade tensions that have caused huge volatility in markets in recent weeks.\n\nBut US officials have also insisted that a wide range of countries have made offers to Washington in the hope of clinching deals to put a lid on their trade disputes with Trump.\n\nThe scope and details of the pact expected on Thursday with the UK was not clear, including whether further negotiations will be needed to finalise it, and how much relief from US tariffs Britain will get.\n\nThe Financial Times reported on Tuesday that Washington and London were close to agreeing a trade pact that would offer lower-tariff quotas for British cars and steel exports, which were hit by 25 per cent levies by Trump earlier this year.\n\nSuch tariff relief would help offset the impact of Trump’s “liberation day” levies on UK exports to the US — which were set at the baseline rate of 10 per cent last month.\n\nSource FT"
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# [Donald Trump plans to announce a new trade pact with the UK on Thursday, in what could make Britain the first country to ease tariff tensions with the US](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/donald-trump-plans-to-announce-a-new-trade-pact-with-the-uk-on-thursday-in-what-could-make-britain-the-first-country-to-ease-tariff-tensions-with-the-us)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/author/charles-henry-monchau) | May 8, 2025, 12:07:36 PM

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