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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.

Keir Starmer has been urged to channel Donald Trump in his negotiations over EU access to Britain’s waters. Countries, including France, are said to want to tie a new post- Brexit security deal to more beneficial access to the UK’s seas.

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

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.

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

Countries across the world, including some of America's closest allies, condemned President Donald Trump's announcement of reciprocal tariffs and some pledged counter-measures while hoping the White House would be open to negotiations.

World leaders had varied reactions to President Donald Trump's tariff announcements, with many pledging counter measures, while others hope to negotiate a removal of the import taxes.

The administration appears to have used a simple, two-step formula to calculate the "reciprocal tariffs" applied to trading partners.