It comes just days after Sir Keir Starmer hit out at the ‘dangers’ of tariffs, putting the prime minister on a collision course with incoming US president. Donald Trump will impose “surgical” tariffs when he enters office, his former director of communications has warned, as concern grows over an imminent trade war with the United States.
Anthony Scaramucci said he will impose the levies in a targeted way on any “industries that we need to protect”. It comes just days after Sir Keir Starmer hit out at the “dangers” of tariffs, putting the prime minister on a collision course with the incoming US president.
Mr Scaramucci told Times Radio: “It’s going to be surgical, and it’s going to be done to protect the industries that we need to protect. “So as an example, if China teams up with their steel industry, meaning the government is now fortifying and subsidising the steel industry, and they can dump steel into the American market below the market price to crush out their American competitors, we can’t allow that.”.
He also said any talk of Mr Trump running for a third term is “to rile up the liberals” after former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon suggested the president-elect’s second term wouldn’t be his last. “The constitution says that he can’t. He’s doing that to rile up the liberals. He’s doing that to scare people”, Mr Scaramucci said.
