Trump Tariffs: Labour MP admits UK was ‘protected’ from large EU tariffs because of Brexit

Labour MP says Trump's 'Brexit dividend' was 'one' benefit to leaving EUSky News

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00:00You'd have obviously preferred it if there's no tariffs,

00:02but would you accept that Brexit has, in fact,

00:04protected us from the 20% hit being faced by the EU?

00:09You've mentioned it already this morning.

00:11We've been treated differently to the European Union.

00:13That's correct.

00:14That's part of the Brexit.

00:15That's a Brexit dividend.

00:17It is.

00:17There's one.

00:17I've struggled to find one in the past, but there is one.

00:20We've ended up with another tariff.

00:21Well, it's a pretty big one, isn't it?

00:22Yeah, it's good.

00:23But look, what we're not going to do

00:26is pick or trade off the United States of the European Union.

00:30I've already talked about our relationship

00:32with the United States.

00:33We know that's important and works well.

00:35But so is our relationship with the European Union

00:38on trade, on energy, but increasingly on security.

00:42And I think it's the right strategic decision for the UK,

00:45especially in this world that's chopping and changing around,

00:48that we have those strong bridges into the European Union

00:50and into the United States.