Prime Minister Keir Starmer reached an agreement with US President Donald Trump to implement some main elements of the trade deal announced last month to lower US tariffs on key British exports and raise UK quotas on certain American agricultural products.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to reduce tariffs on UK cars being shipped to the US, which will bring into force parts of a tariff deal agreed between the two countries last month. Speaking at the G7 summit in Canada, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer called the move a "very important day" for both countries.

President Trump brandished his trade deal with the UK at the G7 meeting in Canada, announcing he had finally signed it after weeks of wrangling - then promptly dropped it on the ground. Keir Starmer was quick to respond to the US president’s clumsiness,