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British chancellor Rachel Reeves refuses to be drawn on how the UK will respond to President Trump's threats of tariffs against Britain in the ongoing row over the future of Greenland, saying that “while other countries might want to increase trade barriers, in Britain we want to bring those barriers down”. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We will always act, this government will always act in our national interest.
00:03We've got an economic plan and it is the right one and we're not going to be buffeted around by global events.
00:10I'm here with a message this week that while other countries might want to increase trade barriers,
00:16in Britain we want to bring those barriers down, which is why last year we did trade deals with India,
00:22with Korea, with the United States and it's why we're bringing down trade barriers
00:26with our nearest and closest neighbours in the EU because we want Britain to be a place to attract investment,
00:34to bring more trade, to help British jobs and British exporters and also a place to attract talent
00:40whilst other countries are putting up barriers, we are reducing them.
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