Keir Starmer to attend European Council meeting in wake of US president’s tariff warfare threats

Good morning. Keir Starmer will tonight become the first British PM to attend a European Council meeting (a dinner, as part of an informal EU summit), and it could not have come at a more difficult time, because it is happening just as Donald Trump is unleashing tariff warfare.

Graeme Wearden is covering the global tariff story on his business live blog.

Q: Mr President, which country will be next on tariffs? Would you consider taxing the UK?

DT: Well, we’re going to see what happens. It’ll happen