Keir Starmer Asked About Assurances On US-UK Trade Deal To Stop Trump From Changing His Mind 'On A Whim'

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At a press briefing on Thursday, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was asked about the whims of President Trump.

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00:00That's Paul.

00:03Hi there, Paul McWright, I've been here.

00:06Business needs certainty.

00:09President Trump is no stranger to changing his mind on the wheel.

00:14What assurances can you give business give the workers here

00:17that despite what you've agreed today,

00:19we're not all going to wake up to a post tomorrow that effectively rips all that up?

00:24Well, we've been negotiating this text for a long time.

00:29I had discussions with global travel along the way,

00:33including discussions last night.

00:36There is a written text.

00:38This is reduced to writing that text will be available,

00:41so this is an agreement that is absolutely clear.

00:46We've worked well together, we've respected each other,

00:49the president and I, and we've trusted each other

00:52through this process.

00:54Each of us mandating our negotiating teams

00:57to get the best deal from our respective countries.

01:00Both teams have fought hard and tough negotiations.

01:04We've arrived at an agreement that I went through with the president last night

01:09and we've just agreed a moment ago here at JLR.

01:14It's a clear agreement in terms,

01:16and these tarot reductions to come in, in very short order,

01:21making material difference in the lives of very many people.

01:26Thank you very much.

01:27I've got Noah.

01:29Noah.

01:30Noah from The Sun.

01:31Hi, Prime Minister.

01:32I was wondering if you could please spell out for us

01:35what your strategy is going to be to get those 10% tariffs down to 0%.

01:40I know you're talking a lot about today being job saved, not a job done,

01:45but a lot of people will be thinking 10% is still difficult enough,

01:48they're worse off than a year ago.

01:50How are you going to approach negotiations going forward,

01:52and how long will it take until we get to 0%?

01:56I will approach negotiations in the same way I've approached negotiations with India

02:02and with President Trump to enter today's deal.

02:05With India, I'm going to promise to maybe the G20 in Brazil.

02:11We agreed that we would get our teams to work together at pace

02:15in a courteous, respectful, business-like way.

02:18With President Trump, we've operated through the same way.

02:22We're walking out the room, we're slamming doors, we're staying in the room negotiating.

02:27The same with the EU, respectfully negotiating in relation to the summit,

02:32we'll have a week on this.

02:34So we're doing it exactly the same way.

02:37But please do not underestimate significance of tarot reductions today,

02:42because these are measured in thousands of goodwill papers across the country.

02:48And that really matters.

02:49It matters to the heart of everything that I believe in.

02:52And I believe it's a serious, in-the-room negotiations.

02:57Acting in the Latin countries are far better than performative politics.

03:02People slamming the door, clowning the head.

03:05Being performative, they're not actually delivering for money.

03:08And I'll continue in the same way.

03:10We've had two trade deals this week by acting in that way.

03:14And I think that shows me serious pragmatism, defeats performance in politics.

03:21And there.

03:23Mike, from the area.

03:26Yes.

03:27.

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