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Statement – UK-US trade deal

Community May 8, 2025

Reacting to today’s announcement on a UK-US trade deal, Community Assistant General Secretary Alasdair McDiarmid said:

“The UK Government deserves enormous credit for negotiating this deal to remove US tariffs which would have had a hugely damaging impact on our steel sector. This new agreement will protect jobs here in the UK, save our industry tens of millions of pounds a year and provide much-needed certainty to enable future investments. Following on from the decisive action taken at British Steel last month, today’s news again demonstrates the Labour government’s firm commitment to delivering for our steel industry.”

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