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Trump promised Britain a trade deal. So where is it?

Trump promised Britain a trade deal. So where is it?

A month after the “historic” trade deal between the two sides was announced, duties remain in place with no clear timeline for when they’ll lift.

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How Britain got to the front of Donald Trump’s trade queue

From last-minute pork demands to parties in the embassy, this is how Britain charmed the unpredictable president — and why it could all still unravel.

May 8, 2025 9:45 pm CET

Trump and the UK have a deal. Here’s how Brits see it.

POLITICO-Public First polling shows strong support for an agreement — but unease in the U.K. about Trump’s decision to slam tariffs on an ally in the first place.

May 8, 2025 6:18 pm CET

Trump unveils UK deal — with relief for cars and steel

The narrow deal slashes additional 25 percent tariffs on the U.K.’s automotive, steel and aluminum sectors imposed in early April.

May 8, 2025 5:29 pm CET

Poland went all in on chickens. Then came bird flu.

A deadly wave of avian influenza, industry-led policy and deepening ethical and biological risks are exposing flaws in the world’s most efficient meat machine.

May 5, 2025 4:20 am CET

Brits’ distaste for hormone-fed beef is ‘unscientific,’ says Canadian ambassador

High Commissioner Ralph Goodale also said the 245 percent tariffs U.K. cheesemakers face in Canada is due to a “Brexit screw up.”

April 30, 2025 11:00 pm CET

Merz can’t count on Macron to save the EU’s Latin American trade deal

The transatlantic trade war is increasing pressure on France to back a trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc, but Paris isn’t ready to give in just yet.

April 28, 2025 6:00 am CET

Trump talks tariffs. The EU talks free trade with the rest of the world.

With the United States throwing up the highest trade barriers in a century, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is on a mission to do trade deals with everyone else. 

April 25, 2025 4:31 am CET

Gen Z, media illiterates

The almighty algorithm is fueling conspiracy theories among young people and ruining their ability to tell fact from fiction on the internet.

April 23, 2025 4:18 pm CET

​​UK open to cutting tariffs to land a Trump trade deal

U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is meeting her counterpart Scott Bessent in Washington this week.

April 23, 2025 3:20 pm CET

Britain rekindles old flames as trade war simmers

British officials are on a diplomatic charm offensive to shore up trade ties — but securing meaningful deals will take more than just good will from the U.K. side.

April 11, 2025 4:50 am CET

EU targets Trump’s red states with tariffs on US trucks, cigarettes and ice cream

European trade officials sure know how to have fun.

April 9, 2025 4:15 am CET

Britain does not deny concessions on agriculture in UK-US talks

Food standards remain a red line in negotiations, but U.K. officials refuse to rule out concessions on lowering tariffs for some U.S. meat imports.

April 1, 2025 12:18 pm CET
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11 times Nigel Farage had a blazing row with his colleagues

Reform UK leader’s falling-out with a fellow MP is the latest in a long list of quarrels with allies.

March 10, 2025 5:01 pm CET

UK bans meat, dairy imports from Hungary, Slovakia after foot-and-mouth case

Confirmation of case along the Hungarian-Slovak border comes less than two months after an outbreak of the highly contagious disease in Germany.

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EU slams US tariffs on Canada, Mexico as threat to global trade

“This move risks disrupting global trade, harming key economic partners, and creating unnecessary uncertainty,” says EU executive, expressing solidarity with “close allies” Canada and Mexico.

March 4, 2025 11:59 am CET

Trump wants Europe to buy more US farm goods. It can’t.

There are insuperable market, phytosanitary and political obstacles — and it could get worse.

February 25, 2025 4:28 am CET

France still looking to block EU-Mercosur trade deal, Macron says

Farmers should not be “an adjustment tool for purchasing power … nor an adjustment tool for trade agreements,” French president says.

February 22, 2025 2:33 pm CET

​​Justin Trudeau’s not the only Canadian pushing for a UK trade deal

Pierre Poilievre — frontrunner to be the next Canadian PM — is also on board with push to reboot stalled talks amid Trump’s trade war.

February 10, 2025 4:00 am CET

Uruguay bets on China, EU to guard against Trump tariffs 

“Let’s be pragmatic, we are a small country in a complicated world, we need trade partners,” foreign minister tells POLITICO. 

February 6, 2025 3:17 pm CET
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Justin Trudeau wants to revive UK-Canada trade talks in shadow of Trump

The offer comes as Ottawa remains in the White House’s crosshairs.

February 5, 2025 7:10 am CET

Dutch pioneer files EU’s second lab-grown meat application

Mosa Meat says its cell-based beef is already affordable for restaurants.

January 22, 2025 8:12 am CET

EU and Mexico revamp trade deal before tariff man Trump takes office

The European Union and Mexico link arms to fend off the impact of tariffs threatened by incoming U.S. President Donald Trump.

January 17, 2025 4:47 pm CET

UK’s Starmer wants speedy Donald Trump trade talks

The prime minister wants talks with the new U.S. president’s team to start in the weeks ahead, he told POLITICO.

January 17, 2025 12:11 pm CET

Meat stranded at UK border after German foot-and-mouth outbreak

Traders warn that dozens of vehicles and their drivers have been held for up to 24 hours after a UK import ban, costing importers more than £1 million.

January 15, 2025 4:52 pm CET
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