US deals will not lessen 10% tariffs, Britain told
- Britain is facing permanent tariffs of 10 per cent on exports to the US even if it succeeds in securing an economic deal with President Trump, his senior allies have said. Ministers are increasingly pessimistic about securing an outright exemption from Trump’s tariffs despite the president’s decision to back down after market turmoil.
- The head of Britain’s armed forces has visited China to hold talks on security in an “unstable world in the first trip by a chief of defence staff in a decade.
- Scientists have found that drugs designed to help humans calm down have similar effects on salmon — and since these drugs end up in waterways this could be causing them to take more risks.