UK would need ‘extraordinary’ deal to go below 10% tariff, Trump adviser says

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to 2Excel in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, as the Government has backed a �30 million investment plan aimed at supporting the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Picture date: Thursday April 10, 2025.

By Helen Corbett, PA Political Correspondent

It would take an “extraordinary deal” for the UK to improve on the 10% tariff Donald Trump has placed on the country, an adviser to the president suggested.

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government still hopes an economic deal with America can be reached to soften the blow of tariffs.