Watch: Reeves backs Trump visit to Scotland ‘in the public interest’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Trump's UK visit is in the public interestSource: Source: PA

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00:00It's in Britain's national interest to have strong relations with the US administration

00:06and as a result of both that long-term special relationship

00:10but actually more importantly the work that our Prime Minister Keir Starmer

00:13has done in building that relation with President Trump

00:17has meant that we were the first country in the world to secure a trade deal

00:21and that has a tangible benefit for people here in Scotland

00:25whether it is people working in the Scotch whisky industry

00:28or people working in the defence sector like here at Rolls-Royce

00:34that trade deal means lower tariffs than any country in the world

00:39on things that we send to the US

00:41so protecting jobs, supporting prosperity and growth here in Scotland

00:45and across the UK

00:48and that's why we are hosting the state visit for President Trump in September

00:55following on from the state visit that we've recently hosted

00:58a successful state visit of the French President Emmanuel Macron