The United Kingdom is closed in the United States Trade Agreement with less tariffs for cars and steel

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The United Kingdom and the United States are close to agreeing on a trade agreement that would weaken the influence of the “Liberation Day” tariff in Donald Trump by granting low sessions of British and steel exports, according to officials in London and Washington.

The deal – which will be signed this week – is scheduled to include stakes that save some exports in the United Kingdom of the greater burden of additional tariffs of 25 percent imposed by Trump on steel and cars imports in February and March.

Trade negotiators in the United Kingdom returned to Washington this week for the final stages of negotiations, which a senior British official said he continues to “speed”, with a warning that the differences remained on medicines.

In addition to providing quotas for UK exports, Britain also hopes to obtain discounts in the sector that Trump imposed on cars and steel.

“Offers” includes the United Kingdom Concessions To Washington on the British digital services tax imposed on international technology companies, Discounts Customs duties imposed on American car exports, and reduce definitions on American agricultural products.

However, the UK government said it would not accept American food production standards, such as chlorine and hormone treated chicken, which makes it impossible to conclude a veterinary agreement called with the European Union, which is an imminent “reset” board for Britain with the bloc.

The expected deal in the United Kingdom and the United States is one of 17 agreements aimed at the Trump administration to sign with its main commercial partners as it belongs to the comprehensive definitions imposed on countries all over the world on April 2.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Payet told Congress on Tuesday that some of these deals could be announced “perhaps early this week,” adding that many countries have provided “good offers”, without providing details.

Trump administration officials are holding talks with multiple countries, including Canada, Mexico, Japan, Vietnam and India, as well as the European Union.

Some foreign officials expressed their frustration that the administration was not clear about the amount of relief from the customs tariff that it would provide to commercial partners.

If successful, the American deal will follow the full free trade agreement between Britain and IndiaWhich was announced on Tuesday.

UK Prime Minister Sir Kerr Starmer is under increasing pressure to connect a deal with the United States after British car and steel industries to caution One of the “destructive” effects that is likely to be on their sectors is a Trump tariff.

Mike Hazi, CEO of the Association of Motors and Traders, a commercial body, has warned that the new American definitions have a “severe, important and immediate” impact on the upper end of the sector.

Marquez is luxurious like Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin strongly on exports to the United States.

The United States is the second largest export market in the UK for automotive companies after the European Union was shipped, with more than 100,000 cars shipping last year, at a value of more than 7.5 billion pounds, according to SMMT.

One of the senior executives in the automotive industry welcomed the news of the potential low vehicle exports of vehicle exports in the Kingdom, but warned that the main goal should reduce the rate of tariffs of 25 percent.

The CEO added: “The shares are complex to work and are limited to their nature to trade.” “The most important thing is to reduce the 25 percent customs tariff, because it is above about 10 percent, it is not sustainable.”

The United Kingdom was previously allowed to export up to 500,000 tons of steel annually to the US -free tariff of tariffs under an agreement with President Joe Biden at the time.

This deal was presented by Trump this year as it moved to a 25 percent tariff for all steel and aluminum imports to the United States.

UK Steel, Commercial Association, to caution The Trump tariff will suffocate exports to an industry that is already under pressure from a global abundance of minerals.

The United States formed about 165,000 tons of British steel exports in 2023 – at a value of approximately 400 million pounds, and about 8 percent of the total depending on the value. UK’s exports to the United States have almost half since 2017, when Trump imposed a tariff during his first term.

Two people were aware of the negotiations that the deal was dependent on disputes over the pharmaceutical sector.

Last month, the Trump administration launched national security investigations into medicines and micro chips that could pave the way for drug tariffs – exporting the UK to the United States He deserves 6.6 billion pounds in 2024.

Britain seeks to avoid the worst effects of the future tariffs, according to UK officials, who described the shares offered by the United States as “generous”.

The second UK official was more cautious, as he described the expected deal as “limited”.