Shadow Business Secretary calls for urgent US trade talks
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Shadow Business Secretary calls for urgent US trade talks
Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith calls for urgent trade talks with the United States, criticising the government’s lack of action amid poor economic growth.
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The shadow business secretary says the UK-US trade agreement is "not historic", adding it leaves "the vast majority of the economy exposed to 10% tariffs". Andrew Griffith adds the government, "shouldn't really be sort of high fiving themselves for merely leaving tariffs that are higher level than they were two months ago". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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