At a press briefing on Thursday, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was asked about the whims of President Trump.
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00:00That's Paul.
00:03Hi there, Paul McWright, I've been here.
00:06Business needs certainty.
00:09President Trump is no stranger to changing his mind on the wheel.
00:14What assurances can you give business give the workers here
00:17that despite what you've agreed today,
00:19we're not all going to wake up to a post tomorrow that effectively rips all that up?
00:24Well, we've been negotiating this text for a long time.
00:29I had discussions with global travel along the way,
00:33including discussions last night.
00:36There is a written text.
00:38This is reduced to writing that text will be available,
00:41so this is an agreement that is absolutely clear.
00:46We've worked well together, we've respected each other,
00:49the president and I, and we've trusted each other
00:52through this process.
00:54Each of us mandating our negotiating teams
00:57to get the best deal from our respective countries.
01:00Both teams have fought hard and tough negotiations.
01:04We've arrived at an agreement that I went through with the president last night
01:09and we've just agreed a moment ago here at JLR.
01:14It's a clear agreement in terms,
01:16and these tarot reductions to come in, in very short order,
01:21making material difference in the lives of very many people.
01:26Thank you very much.
01:27I've got Noah.
01:29Noah.
01:30Noah from The Sun.
01:31Hi, Prime Minister.
01:32I was wondering if you could please spell out for us
01:35what your strategy is going to be to get those 10% tariffs down to 0%.
01:40I know you're talking a lot about today being job saved, not a job done,
01:45but a lot of people will be thinking 10% is still difficult enough,
01:48they're worse off than a year ago.
01:50How are you going to approach negotiations going forward,
01:52and how long will it take until we get to 0%?
01:56I will approach negotiations in the same way I've approached negotiations with India
02:02and with President Trump to enter today's deal.
02:05With India, I'm going to promise to maybe the G20 in Brazil.
02:11We agreed that we would get our teams to work together at pace
02:15in a courteous, respectful, business-like way.
02:18With President Trump, we've operated through the same way.
02:22We're walking out the room, we're slamming doors, we're staying in the room negotiating.
02:27The same with the EU, respectfully negotiating in relation to the summit,
02:32we'll have a week on this.
02:34So we're doing it exactly the same way.
02:37But please do not underestimate significance of tarot reductions today,
02:42because these are measured in thousands of goodwill papers across the country.
02:48And that really matters.
02:49It matters to the heart of everything that I believe in.
02:52And I believe it's a serious, in-the-room negotiations.
02:57Acting in the Latin countries are far better than performative politics.
03:02People slamming the door, clowning the head.
03:05Being performative, they're not actually delivering for money.
03:08And I'll continue in the same way.
03:10We've had two trade deals this week by acting in that way.
03:14And I think that shows me serious pragmatism, defeats performance in politics.
03:21And there.
03:23Mike, from the area.
03:26Yes.
03:27.