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Brexit has "saved" Britain from Donald Trump's trade war nightmare, a top Tory has claimed. could still result in a UK-US trade deal. Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith hailed the UK's departure from the European Union after the 47th President slapped tariffs on nations around the world.

Plus: 51 senators voted to end Trump's tariff on Canadian goods in a bipartisan rebuke of the administration's trade policy.

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has suggested that the new tariffs would raise $600 billion annually, which would be the largest tax increase since World War II. Treasury

Britain said it believed a trade deal with the United States was close as it sought to soften the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs which threaten an escalating global trade war that would hurt its open economy.

The sweeping duties immediately unleashed turbulence across world markets and drew condemnation from leaders faced with the end of decades of trade liberalization.

Trump announced sweeping tariffs Thursday, which caused markets to plummet, but the president believes they'll help the country going forward.

While Trump had suggested the tariffs were a negotiating tool to lower the taxes paid on U.S. exports, he described his plan as one that would boost domestic manufacturing and rai