Prime Minister to focus on securing permanent 25pc levy despite previous claim of tariff-free deal

Ministers had hoped to finalise deal this week that would reduce president’s steel tariffs to zero

Prime Minister to focus on securing permanent 25pc levy despite previous claim of tariff-free deal

Whitehall sources said months of lobbying had failed to persuade the White House to implement an agreement to slash tariffs on British steel exports to zero, despite one being…

Little more than four months on from the Prime Minister boasting of his 'fantastic' deal with Donald Trump, it was revealed that punitive levies on British steel will remain.