BBC economics editor explains why US needs a deal with UK ‘more than the other way round’
'Everything has changed now - the UK has more leverage than it did a month ago.'
Charlie is content editor and writer at the London Economic. With a keen interest in politics, he has worked on both the 2019 and 2024 general elections, and joined TLE full time in January 2025. Since then, it's safe to say there's been plenty to keep him busy on both sides of the Atlantic.
'Everything has changed now - the UK has more leverage than it did a month ago.'
"You don't start a war against someone that's 20 times your own size."
"The President really loves the United Kingdom. He loved the Queen. He admires and loves the King."
'This is the perfect metaphor for the Trump administration.'
The Chancellor said the figures are 'encouraging signs'
"We are appalled by the government's cruelty"
The president has been accused insider trading.
The tariffs will come into effect next week.
Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos - who stood alongside Musk at Trump's inauguration = have also been badly hit.
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