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US will not back out of its tariff deals with UK and others, says Trump trade representative
Business•February 22, 2026 at 5:18 PMNational

US will not back out of its tariff deals with UK and others, says Trump trade representative

By Lisa O’Carroll•The Guardian - UK News

Promise comes as minister admits to ‘uncertainty’ about new 15% levy on imports from around the world Graeme Wearden: Trump’s trade war risks undermining his hopes of hefty US interest rate cutsThe US will not back out of tariff deals it has already sealed with countries around the world, including the UK, the EU, Japan, Switzerland and others, Donald Trump’s trade representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday.The US supreme court ruled on Friday that many of the tariffs imposed by the US president were illegal, leading Trump to announce a new 15% global tariff on all imports the next day. Continue reading...

Promise comes as minister admits to ‘uncertainty’ about new 15% levy on imports from around the world

The US will not back out of tariff deals it has already sealed with countries around the world, including the UK, the EU, Japan, Switzerland and others, Donald Trump’s trade representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday.

The US supreme court ruled on Friday that many of the tariffs imposed by the US president were illegal, leading Trump to announce a new 15% global tariff on all imports the next day.

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