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This is the indicator from Planet Money.
I'm Waylon Wong.
And I'm Paddy Hirsch.
As President Trump strides about the world, slapping the cudgel of tariffs into the palm of his hand,
America's trade partners are rushing about the place like potential victims in a slasher movie,
wondering who's going to be next.
One country that's uniquely unsure about its status.
The UK it has a strong and deep strategic relationship with the US which is good,
but it's also tightly bound to Europe on trade, which is not so good.
Trump is not a fan of the eu.
He says that their trade relations are unfair to the US and need adjusting tariffs look like a real possibility.
And with Trump signing an executive order for a 25% tariff on all steel coming into the U.S.
that threat became real for the UK steel industry.
Has the UK been caught between a rock and a hard place between its two largest trading partners?
What can it do to keep Trump sweet?
That's coming up after the break.
The US and the UK Have a special relationship.
A sense of shared history, values and culture, an extensive cooperation on foreign policy, security issues, and trade.
So when the President of the United States makes an announcement like, so the.