UK automakers to secure US tariff relief by end of June

By Stefan Boscia, Caroline Hug | 06/17/2025 12:49 PM EDT

Steel tariffs will, for now, remain at 25 percent instead of dropping to zero percent as originally agreed.

Donald Trump holds a signed U.S.-U.K. trade deal next to Keir Starmer.

President Donald Trump (left) holds a signed U.S.-U.K. trade deal next to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, on Monday. Pool photo by Suzanne Plunkett

KANANASKIS, Alberta — President Donald Trump has agreed to lower tariffs on British autos from 25 percent to 10 percent by the end of June, after signing a U.K.-U.S. trade deal with Keir Starmer.

Brandishing the signed copy of the deal, after originally dropping the papers on the ground, Trump said the deal would “produce a lot of jobs, a lot of income.”

However, the final agreement — signed at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Canada — has omitted a key part of the original deal.

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Steel and aluminum tariffs will, for now, remain at 25 percent instead of dropping to zero percent as originally agreed.

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