Good Morning Britain halted for 'breaking news' in major Donald Trump U-turn
Good Morning Britain interrupted their broadcast to share some big news.
GMB reports on possible UK-US trade deal
Good Morning Britain stopped for breaking news as Ed Balls and Charlotte Hawkins announced the UK may have struck a trade agreement with Donald Trump and the US. They cut to Political Correspondent Louisa James who was outside Downing Street to explin more about the speculation.
"It would be quite something to have struck the first trade agreement with the US since Donald Trump imposed those sweeping tariffs across the world, and I think Downing Street would see as a vindication of their sometimes criticised approach to the President, which started with that Oval Office meetinga few months ago (and) the offer of a second state visit to the UK," she said. Whenever we journalists have asked about the progress of a deal over the last few months we've been told that they are working flat out, but there will be no running commentary, and that remains the line this morning - Downing Street revealing nothing. But take a look at this that Donald Trump posted on his truth social site just a few hours ago, big news conference tomorrow morning at 10am he says - that's three o'clock our time - concerning a major trade deal with representatives of a big and highly respected country, the first of many. And...the New York Times is reporting that we are that country."
"There are, of course, though, many, many questions remaining, not least about what this deal would mean for us what we get and also what we would have to give up.
"A big win would be a reduction in those tariffs that Donald Trump is imposing us, particularly on steel and cars at 25%.
"In terms of concessions, there's been talk of a reduction in taxes paid by big tech companies like Amazon.
Some Labour MPs are already very unhappy about that, saying it would not be right when disabled people are being asked to accept cuts to their benefits.
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"Then there have also been many headlines you've seen about us accepting things like US chlorinated chicken and hormone fed beef.
"The government has always said that there are red lines when it comes to farming standards that will not be compromised," she said.
"You only have to look at what happened earlier this week when Keir Starmer announced a deal with India, and it was overshadowed by criticism of what it would mean in terms of Indian workers not paying National Insurance here.
"So that is a reminder that the politics of this deal, if and when it happens, (it) could also be very complicated," she explained.
