Keir Starmer paraded a trade deal with Donald Trump today - but it does not include promised protection for the UK steel industry.
The PM put on an old pals act with the US president at the G7 in Canada as they showed off a text implementing the broad agreement struck last month.
However, although punitive 25 per cent tariffs on car exports are being lowered to 10 per cent, the steel and aluminium industry still faces 25 per cent charges.
That is despite the original pact committing to remove the duties altogether. UK sources said the issue was 'complicated', suggesting the US did not want to create a loophole for imports from China.
They pointed out that talks would continue, and the rest of the world is facing a 50 per cent tariff on steel instead of 25 per cent.
