LONDON — Britain’s trade chief has said negotiations to secure better tariff terms with the United States will continue, after deals on steel and Scotch whisky failed to materialize during President Donald Trump’s state visit.
“The negotiations on these issues are ongoing,” Trade Secretary Peter Kyle told “BBC Breakfast” on Friday. “Steel is part of the conversation that we’re having going forward” and the government is “really engaged with Scottish whisky.”
Before arriving in Britain, Trump had said that he wanted to “help” the country get a better deal on trade. But there were no formal tariff announcements during his visit.
Britain’s steel- and aluminum-makers have faced 25 percent tariffs at the U.S. border since March. While U.K. firms dodged Trump’s doubling of those duties in the spring, negotiations to lower tariffs further — as promised in May’s trade pact — were slow-moving.
