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For Immediate Release
Contact: Joe Karp-Sawey, media manager,Tel: +44 (0)7711 875 345,Email:,joe.karpsawey@globaljustice.org.uk

UK-US TRADE: “Caving into a bully is not something to be celebrated”, campaigners say

LONDON

Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now said:

Today’s deal between the UK and US was about appeasing Trump. While there are limited tariff reductions, we remain in a much worse position than we were six months ago. What’s more, Trump could impose new tariffs at any time because Starmer has proven to him that his threats work: caving into a bully is not something to be celebrated. Today’s press conference also fires the starting gun on a genuinely scary, fuller trade deal, and there are strong indications our rights, standards and protections will be up for grabs in that larger agreement. Unless we stand up to this deal, the British public will pay a very high price for Starmer’s friendship with Donald Trump.”

Global Justice Now is a democratic social justice organisation working as part of a global movement to challenge the powerful and create a more just and equal world. We mobilise people in the UK for change, and act in solidarity with those fighting injustice, particularly in the global south.

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