Theresa May has called Donald Trump to raise Britain’s “deep concern” over plans to impose tariffs of 25% on imports of steel and 10% on aluminium amid US threats of a trade war with China and escalating tensions with the EU. Trump’s protectionism has been communicated through Twitter, where he claimed his country was losing billions of dollars on trade, adding that “trade wars are good, and easy to win”. Boris is absolutely clear that there won’t be a hard border,” she told the BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show. “He’s clear that there won’t be a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, and we’re working to that,” she said. The prime minister reiterated her hopes for a customs agreement that would prevent a hard border.

Source: The Guardian March 04, 2018 10:41 UTC