'Take Kemi's Phone Off Her': Labour Minister Roasts Tory Leader's Response To Trade Deal

Jonathan Reynolds was not impressed by Kemi Badenoch's reaction to the deal.A Labour minister has roasted Kemi Badenoch over her reaction to the trade deal struck between the UK and United States.The Tory leader used her X account to declare Britain had been “shafted” by Donald Trump.Under the terms of the deal, import tariffs on British steel and aluminium being sold to America will be reduced from 25% to zero.Tariffs on a maximum of 100,000 British cars being exported to the US will also be cut from 27.5% to 10%.In addition, farmers in America and Britain will be able to sell beef into each other’s countries. However, the ban on hormone-treated beef coming into the UK will stay in place.Keir Starmer said it was a “historic” deal that will save thousands of British jobs.But Badenoch leapt on a graph issued by the Trump administration which showed that, overall, the UK has cut tariffs on American imports while the US has trebled those on British goods.“When Labour negotiates, Britain loses,” she said. “We cut our tariffs — America tripled theirs.“Keir Starmer called this ‘historic.’ It’s not historic, we’ve just been shafted.”But embarrassingly for the Tory leader, her own shadow trade secretary, Andrew Griffith, praised the deal.He said: “The reduction in tariffs announced today will be welcomed by exporting businesses.“The ability to strike our own free deals is a Brexit benefit and I hope this moves us conclusively into an era where this government is committed to preserve that freedom.”Appearing on LBC, trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds had some advice for Badenoch’s aides.He said: “I think if you work in Conservative Central Office and you’re listening to this, take Kemi’s phone off her and make her read things before she tweets.“I understand other people in the Conservative Party have welcomed it, but she hasn’t been able to look at the deal.“I really don’t believe any Conservative leader would say they don’t want trade with India, she said that earlier in the week, they don’t want trade with the US, she’s that saying today. They don’t like the European Union, they don’t like China. I mean, who do they want to do trade and business with?“But look, this is a great deal for the UK, because otherwise lots of people would have lost their jobs. It’s the first deal the US has got to with any country, it puts us again at the front of the queue.“And of course, there’s now this wider process where we can seek to improve the terms of trade between each other even further.”Related...Kemi Badenoch Humiliated As Shadow Minister Breaks Ranks To Praise UK-US Trade DealDonald Trump And Keir Starmer Agree 'Historic' UK-US Trade DealWhy Badenoch And Farage Are Wrong When They Say India Trade Deal Shows 'Two-Tier Taxes'

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