Rooting Britain to a commercial deal with Trump

For Prime Minister Kiir Starmer from Britain, he started the way for a commercial deal from the first in the world with the United States late in the afternoon of the winter when he arrived at the Oval Office, and bears a message to President Trump. He was from King Charles III, and he called Mr. Trump to visit the second rare state of Britain.

The matter ended on Thursday afternoon when Mr. Starmer was corrected in the Oval Office to make a telephone telephone calling with Mr. Trump, as the president announced a deal that will repeat the definitions of some British exports, including cars and steel, while leaving other customs tariffs in place.

Mr. Trump announced that the deal will be “very good for both countries.” Mr. Starmer, who confessed that the president’s timing was prepared, said that the agreement witnessed the value of its lack of provocation by Mr. Trump’s tactics sometimes aggressive – and not “closing the door,” as he said.

In fact, the nine weeks between Visit Mr. Starmer In February and his phone call on Thursday with Mr. Trump, it was the riding of the prime minister and his police. They had to reach an agreement with an administration that sometimes looked almost between traditional trade negotiators and the president, the most important of which depends on any deal.

“As of now, this looks like a good result of Kiir Starmer,” said Kim Daro, who served as British ambassador to Washington during the first term of Mr. Trump. He added that critics can argue that Mr. Trump has not raised all definitions and this may yet reflect the elements of the agreement.

“This life with Donald Trump has dealt with it,” said Mr. Daru, who criticized the president, who criticized the president. Leaked To the London newspaper.

Mr. Starmer survived his share of setbacks during the arduous weeks of negotiation. At the February Oval Office meeting, Mr. Trump was clearly pleased with the king’s invitation. After serving the lunch of Mr. Starmer, his guest praised a strong case to spare Britain from the definitions that he planned to impose on other commercial partners.

“He was working hard, I will tell you that,” said Mr. Trump. “He got everything they are entitled to pay there.”

However, the pressure on Mr. Starmer hit a wall: On April 2, Britain was washed away in the same basic tariff by 10 percent that the United States I was imposed on dozens of countries. The steel and cars industry has already been slapped by definitions, prompting critics to ask whether the British attack is sick.

Mr. Starmer, though, refused to criticize Mr. Trump. On Thursday, he said that this will be “performance” and will not help extract a better deal. Moreover, he had invested a lot in his relationship with the president on issues, including Ukraine, as Mr. Starmer tried to work as a bridge between Mr. Trump and President Voludmir Zelinsky from Ukraine.

Mr. Starmer said in Interview with the New York Times In March. “I spoke to him in many cases on the phone. I think we have a really good relationship.”

Among the issues discussed by the two leaders, Mr. Trump’s golf club in Scotland, Trump Turneri. In late March, Mr. Starmer told the president that the police arrested three people on suspicion of distinguishing the resort with the messages supporting the Palestinians. Mr. Trump referred to them as “terrorists.”

“You cannot leave things like this attack,” he wrote on social media. “I am very able to work as Prime Minister Starmer.”

Despite all the decision between the two leaders, British officials retreated against Mr. Trump’s claim that Mr. Starmer was “very happy” because Britain had only had a 10 percent tariff, not 20 percent, as well as the European Union. They began to persuade him to raise the tariff 10 percent, although they have limited hopes of success.

A senior official, a part of the challenge facing Britain, said the pleading between Jameson Jarir, a representative of trade in the United States, who was deeply immersed in the details in the details but is more influential with Mr. Trump.

British officials have also expressed concern that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessin may give priority to securing an agreement with a greater Asian economy like Japan. They paid Britain to be the first country to reach a deal.

Britain helped negotiate by the presence Peter Mandleson As a new ambassador in Washington. Mr. Mandson, a former European Union Trading Commissioner, played a major role in the talks, focusing on Britain and the United States in advanced technology.

During the phone call to Mr. Trump with Mr. Starmer on Thursday, Mr. Mandalson stood behind the president at the Oval Office. After Mr. Trump invited him to say a few words, the president told him, “What a beautiful tone.”

A senior official said that the outline of a deal was approved for a few days this week, but Mr. Lootnick was seen as decisive to persuade Mr. Trump to bless the deal. During his visit in February, another person with a knowledge of negotiations said, Mr. Starmer organized Mr. Lootnick at a reception at the British Embassy in Washington to emphasize his focus on a commercial agreement.

This penetration came on Wednesday, when British negotiators in Washington Jonathan Reynolds, the country’s secretary and trade secretary, contacted whether the government would develop the latest draft of the deal, which it did.

But Mr. Trump is still making a final call to Mr. Starmer, looking for concessions, on Wednesday night in London, which came at a time when the Prime Minister was watching his favorite football club, Arsenal, losing to Paris Saint -Germain in Champions League semi -final match.

British officials were surprised by the timing of Mr. Trump’s announcement that they had rushed to gather journalists to cover a statement from the Prime Minister after announcing the deal on Thursday. Mr. Starmer decided to travel to the Jaguar Land Rover factory, outside Birmingham, to show how the deal will reduce the definitions of cars from about 25 percent to 10 percent. But 10 Downing Street has accidentally sent correspondents to a different Jaguar facility in Coventry.

“No, I did not know the exact day,” Mr. Starmer told reporters, who were redirected to the appropriate building. “I wouldn’t have been able to call my phone call to President Trump in the middle of the road during the second half of Arsen Psg if I planned it better, but this is the way it was clear.”

Jonathan Swan It contributed to the reports from Washington and Stephen Castle From London.