Mr. Starmer, standing next to Mr. Trump, called the agreement “really important” and added, “This is a very good day.”In a brief statement, the White House said that the Commerce Department will still need to set a quota for the volume of British steel that can enter the country tariff-free under the agreement the countries reached in May. Mr. Trump had raised tariffs on all foreign steel products to 50 percent earlier this month. Asked by a reporter on Monday if U.S. tariffs on British steel would go to zero, Mr. Trump responded, “We’re going to let you have that information in a little while.”When an agreement between Mr. Trump and Mr. Starmer was first announced in May, it was short on details and left many topics to be negotiated. At the time, the countries did not say when those provisions would go into effect. That includes the U.S. response to digital service taxes levied by the U.K. government against American tech firms, as well as other tariffs Mr. Trump expects to impose on products like pharmaceuticals.
