US and Britain on ‘the brink’ to slash Britain’s tariffs: Hugo Gurdon

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Washington Examiner’s Editor-in-Chief Hugo Gurdon said it is “very important” for both the United States and Britain to reduce the latter country’s tariffs, saying many believe that tariffs slow investments.

President Donald Trump is spending his second day in the United Kingdom on Thursday, and is meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers, a 16th-century manor about 40 miles west of London. Gurdon said Thursday is a contrast from how “ceremonial” Trump’s arrival was on Wednesday when he met with King Charles III and both attended a state banquet.

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