Former UK Ambassador to the US Lord Darroch suggests Lord Mandelson is "well placed" to represent the UK in the United States, particularly with his trade background.
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00:00I think Peter Manlison is the right man at this particular juncture for a couple of reasons.
00:06Number one, he is a trade expert and one of the Trump proposals on the campaign trail,
00:14a bad idea in my view, is for 20% tariffs on all US imports. And as a trade expert,
00:22I think Peter Manlison will be well placed to explain why this is a bad idea. Second,
00:28these are, as you all know, very turbulent times. It's not just the arrival of Trump 2.0,
00:36it's the situation in Ukraine, it's the situation in the Middle East, it's tension with China,
00:42and it's important, I think, to have an ambassador who can pick up the phone personally to the Prime
00:48Minister whenever he needs to. And that will be important also in the United States for the Trump
00:54administration.