LONDON — British and American officials have restarted talks on steel tariffs in the run-up to U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit next week.
After months of radio silence over the summer, negotiations to implement new quotas lowering the duties on steel and aluminum exports to the U.S. began again earlier this month, two people close to the talks told POLITICO.
Trump is touching down in the U.K. for a historic second state visit next week, with British officials hoping to use the occasion to push for a breakthrough on tariffs as well as a long-coveted tech partnership.
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 — have been slow-moving.
