JD Vance: UK is in a 'good position' for a trade deal | LBC

The US is "working very hard" with the UK to negotiate a "great" trade deal, JD Vance has said.

It comes after Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports to the United States several weeks ago, sending stock prices tumbling and sparking fears of a global recession.

Since then, Trump has rowed back on tariffs, reducing the rate paid on imports from most countries to 10 per cent and, on Saturday, exempting electronics such as smartphones and laptops from the levy – including the 145 per cent charge on imports from China.

The Government has been hopeful of a deal to exempt the UK from Trump’s tariffs, with Vance saying on Tuesday that he was optimistic that both sides could come to a mutually beneficial agreement.

LBC's Washington Correspondent Simon Marks joins Tom Swarbrick to assess JD Vance's comments.

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[mrmazoman]

We are being played. Govt needs to pivot and look at Europe and elsewhere

[themills]

We don't want a trade deal with our enemies, thanks.

[TeeJayDeluxe]

Never trust them again! No!! Just no!!

[fuzzjunky]

in other words he's really desparate to make at least one deal and he thinks you'll be a walkover.
do not overthink these people. it's a mistake.

[Human_Herbivore]

Since he's said that the NHS has to be on the table and any agreement with an America that has Trump as president would probably be broken next day, let's not go there.

[ianmccuaig]

No trade with the USA stop crawling to trump stand with the world

[KellyR]

I don’t want to see any of Canadas allies pivot to the swamp creature in the White House. 🍁

[safcnono]

Gullible if you think the USA has any concept of what a trade deal actually is. We would have more chance of doing one with that Island filled with Penguins :)

[paulelverstone]

It has got to a stage where it's simply very difficult to believe anything Vance or Trump says...

[wlsn]

US suddenly realised they needs friends and allies to counter China - two face clown

[Big_Blue_Monkey]

Starmer needs to grow a backbone and stand up to the US

[dugowf]

Yum, chlorinated chicken. Can’t wait to pay £3k a month for health insurance as well.

[informedchoice]

We should have some morals. I hope we avoid all unnecessary co-operation.

[tonycavanagh]

Its a con, he wants to use us, then he will srew us later

[alansmith]

The UK can either move closer to the US or to Europe. It can't do both

[Alexander-ujpb]

Has trump given that random american permission to make trade deals?

[kenpaine]

If "Shady" Vance says anything, I double and triple check it, and still wait to find out what the catch is. His behaviour with President Zelensky shows the snake is not to be trusted.

[herrgoldmann]

Don´t waste your time with Trump, you will for sure regret it. Come back to the EU and let´s wait together until this nightmare is over. We can do trade with the US again after Trump.

[lieberg-iz]

The American trade policy today is like my 78-year-old father during a computer crash. He keeps turning it off and on again, hoping suddenly, as if by magic, it starts working again.

[Conquistador]

We are being groomed as a client state.