Donald Trump described the UK as "way out of line" but hinted that it could be spared tariffs as he warned he would impose them on the European Union “soon.”
The US president has already announced he will impose 25 per cent trade taxes on goods coming from America’s nearest neighbours and largest trade partners – Canada and Mexico – as well as a 10 per cent levy on Chinese goods.
His threats of an international trade war are set to overshadow Keir Starmer’s meeting with European leaders in Brussels on Monday.
Speaking about the UK, Trump said: "The UK is out of line, but I think that one can be worked out, but the European Union is an atrocity what they've done."