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Trump hails 'breakthrough' US-UK trade deal

US President Donald Trump makes a trade announcement during a meeting with Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (left), Vice President JD Vance (second left), and British ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson (right), in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2025. [AFP]

US President Donald Trump unveiled a "breakthrough" trade agreement with Britain on Thursday, the first deal with any country since he launched his global tariffs blitz.

The deal reduces tariffs on British cars and lifts them on steel and aluminum, while in return Britain will open up markets to US beef and other farm products.

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