Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch calls on the government to agree a trade deal with the US as soon as possible, saying “now is the time for us to kickstart that and move at speed”.
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00:00We should not be engaging in a trade war or tit-for-tat retaliation that makes
00:04everybody poorer. What I would do is what I said my very first Prime Minister's
00:09questions that we need a UK-US trade deal ASAP but now is the time for us to
00:15kick-start that and move at speed and it has to be something that delivers for
00:19those critical sectors. If those tariffs come into place let's look at the 8
00:24billion pounds of exports that UK manufacturers car manufacturers sell to
00:28the US that's not we're not going to get that amount of money which means
00:32that the tax take will reduce that's a problem for the Chancellor because she's
00:35going to have to look elsewhere for the taxes so this needs to be sold solved as
00:39soon as possible it is not something that can be ignored