CGTN Europe correspondent Jeff Moody examines the deal.
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00:00High-level officials from China and the United States hold trade discussions in Switzerland.
00:07And those talks in Geneva follow a trade deal struck between the United States and the United Kingdom.
00:14Hailed by both sides as a breakthrough, it saw tariffs slashed on the British auto, aluminium and steel industries.
00:22Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed it as a fantastic historic day,
00:25but critics said that it failed to address the many high tariffs that remain in place.
00:31Our correspondent Geoff Moody reports.
00:33But this is now turning out I think really to be a great deal for both countries because it'll be really great for the UK also.
00:40So says President Trump. The UK Prime Minister listening in agrees.
00:45It's going to boost trade between and across our countries.
00:50It's going to not only protect jobs but create jobs, opening market access.
00:55But not everyone shares their enthusiasm.
00:59In a Politico poll released this weekend, 42% of Brits said China would be a more reliable trading partner than the US.
01:08And nearly half of all Americans say Trump's unpredictability could be a major sticking point.
01:14Behind all the theatricality, the diplomacy, the flattery, the deal itself seems very short on detail.
01:22Experts are saying there's not a lot to it, and that's part of the problem.
01:28Tariffs on cars exported to the US will be reduced from 27.5% to 10%.
01:34This will apply to a quota of 100,000 UK cars.
01:38The 25% tariffs on UK steel and aluminium imported by the US are to be scrapped.
01:45There's a reciprocal deal around agriculture and beef, but not much else.
01:49So basically, it's a pre-negotiation before you enter into negotiation, just to make sure that you don't pay for things that both sides already agreed on and to get some of the gains out of the way.
02:13Many people in Britain are concerned about American chicken and beef, particularly the chlorine American chicken is often washed in and the hormones pumped into the beef.
02:24Fears too that the deal doesn't provide enough certainty to calm the markets, to boost trade.
02:30It doesn't really remove the uncertainty which has been injected into the global economy, both in terms of investment and growth outlooks, because that uncertainty is still there, given that we, as we've seen in the first 100 plus days of the Trump administration,
02:50all these negotiations can turn on sixpence, and they can turn on sixpence for things which are not actually related to trade.
03:01Remember, the Trump administration is bandying about tariffs to resolve other issues, as in fentanyl, emigration, to name but a few.
03:12Few are as enthusiastic as the dealmakers themselves, all eyes now turn to the talks between China and the US.
03:20Jeff Moody, CGTN.