Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the UK is disappointed with new US trade tariffs but remains committed to reducing trade barriers.
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00:00Well, we're clearly disappointed with the introduction of tariffs, because our approach
00:05is that we want to see a reduction in barriers to trade, not increases in barriers to trade.
00:11As the Chancellor has said, there are intense conversations going on with the US administration,
00:17and we will always make sure we are acting in the UK national interest, as the Prime
00:22Minister has said.
00:23Well, the UK will always operate in the national interest.
00:27The Prime Minister has made that clear.
00:29We want to see a reduction in barriers to trade, not an increase in barriers to trade.
00:34The Prime Minister said we'll keep all options on the table, we'll act in the national interest,
00:39but nobody wants to see a trade war escalate across the world.
00:43That's not good for the world economy, as well as for any individual country.