The U.K.'s tariff balancing act

英国的关税平衡术

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2025-02-11

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President Donald Trump has already made noise with tariff threats against the United States' North American trading partners. And soon, the United Kingdom could become another target which has a chance to drive a wedge between the U.K's trade relationship with the EU. Today on the show, we explore what the U.K. could possibly offer the United States to ease trade tensions. Related episodes:Trump threatens the grim triggerWhy tariffs are SO backHow Trump's tariffs plan might work For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Npr.

  • 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.