US EditionRachel Reeves says UK won't be 'buffeted around' by Trump threats
Chancellor Rachel Reeves defends UK trade plan and calls for de-escalation amid US threat of 10% tariffs over Greenland dispute, citing last year's US-UK trade deal.
- At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the UK will not be pushed around and will defend the national interest amid Donald Trump, US President's 10% tariff threats from February 1.
- President Donald Trump has linked Greenland to US security and refused to rule out military force, while Alex Burghart warned the dispute risks fracturing Nato and called it Europe’s most dangerous moment since 1945.
- Leading a British delegation in Davos, Reeves cited last year’s US‑UK trade agreement and said, `At the moment, no tariffs have been imposed and I think the right approach... is to try and de-escalate and get the best deal for Britain.`
- With Sir Keir Starmer, Prime Minister, absent from Davos, ministers urged de-escalation while Downing Street promised 'engagement on all levels' but would not pre-empt talks on Tuesday.
- After December's CPI rose to 3.4%, Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, defended government immigration and investment programmes and said inflation should return to the 2% target by late spring.
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Britain would ‘never rule out’ retaliatory tariffs over Trump’s Greenland threats, says UK chancellor
Chancellor Rachel Reeves warned Britain “would never rule anything out” when it comes to retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. administration, following Donald Trump’s latest Greenland tariff threats.
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Reeves: UK will not be ‘buffeted around’ amid Trump tariff threats
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the UK’s economic plan would ‘get us through challenging times’.
Rachel Reeves confirms UK will NOT slap tariffs on US despite Donald Trump's Greenland threats
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the Labour Government will not impose retaliatory tariffs on the US despite President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland from Denmark
Rachel Reeves’ immigration balancing act
TThe US’s difficulty is the UK’s opportunity. That’s the approach Rachel Reeves is taking as she arrives at Davos (where Nigel Farage, who once derided “people deciding our futures in Swiss ski resorts”, is among the other attendees). Last autumn Donald Trump dismayed US tech firms when he signed an executive order adding a $100,000 (£74,000) fee for applicants to the H-1B visa programme for skilled foreign workers. Reeves, by contrast, will ann…
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