US EditionEd Davey Challenges Keir Starmer to Sue Donald Trump over Tariffs
Sir Ed Davey calls for $100 billion legal claim against US tariffs harming UK jobs, businesses, and living costs, urging new trade deals and a customs union with the EU.
- On Friday, Sir Ed Davey urged the UK Government at the Scottish Liberal Democrats conference in Edinburgh to sue US President Donald Trump for 100 billion dollars.
- Pointing to economic harm, Davey said trade tariffs have been used `as a weapon`, causing enormous damage to jobs, growth and the cost of living in the UK economy.
- Pointing to other countries, he praised Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for standing up to the US and urged the UK to pursue trade deals with partners in Europe and a new EU-UK customs union.
- Domestic politics shifted as Sir Ed Davey urged the UK Prime Minister not to yield to a bully and said it is up to the Liberal Democrats to stop Nigel Farage.
- Davey branded Trump the `most dangerous, damaging US president of modern times` while welcoming the US Supreme Court decision on Friday and said suing is necessary because `It's the only language he understands`.
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Ed Davey challenges Keir Starmer to sue Donald Trump over tariffs
The Liberal Democrats leader issued the challenge at the Scottish Liberal Democrats conference in Edinburgh.
The main trading partners of the United States welcomed with interest, but cautiously, the major setback inflicted by the American Supreme Court on Friday to the aggressive tariff policy led by Donald Trump, which it deemed largely illegal.
Davey challenges Starmer on Trump tariffs
The UK Government should sue US President Donald Trump for 100 billion dollars for the damage caused to the UK by trade tariffs, Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey has insisted. The Lib Dem branded Mr Trump the “most dangerous, damaging US president of modern times” as he welcomed a “brilliant” decision by the US Supreme Court on Friday which struck down trade tariffs imposed by the president last April. In the wake of that decision Sir Ed to…
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