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UK won’t walk away from talks
During the interview, Reynolds conceded that tariffs would hit the U.K. before it could agree a deal with the U.S.
“I believe from where we are at the minute, the president wants this ‘Liberation Day’ tomorrow to apply to every country in the world and there’ll be no exemptions on that first day towards that,” he said. “If any country is able to reach an agreement with the U.S., I don’t believe there’s a country better placed than the U.K. because of the work that we have been doing.”
But he insisted that April 2 was “not a deadline,” adding, “If they take action tomorrow, that is not a reason to walk away from the potential to secure an agreement.”
The minister also said free speech had not been a “material factor” in trade negotiations with the U.S. Commerce Department or the Office of the US Trade Representative.
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance has previously accused European countries, including the U.K., of violating free speech.
Speaking at a press conference during U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to Washington DC last month, Vance said there had been “infringements on free speech” in Britain, which “also affect American technology companies and, by extension, American citizens.”
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