Will Starmer not 'sit back' against Trump's tariffs and trade war with China?

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the UK government needs to rise to the
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moment Ciriama has said in response to
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ongoing international uncertainty over
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US President Donald Trump's tariffs
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speaking this morning after Trump
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announced a 90-day pause in his sweeping
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global tariffs while raising his tax
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rate on Chinese imports to 125% the
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prime minister insisted his government
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is ambitious for Britain it came as the
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Footsie 100 rose by more than 6% after
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stock markets opened in London on
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Thursday following a significant rally
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for markets in the US and Asia sakir
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said he would not pretend that tariffs
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are good news and that the government
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was not just going to sit back and hope
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but would need to rise to the moment
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starmmer told reporters that just as
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we've seen recently on defense and
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security across Europe and with Ukraine
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they do make one thing very clear and
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that is that the world is changing and
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we as a country must change with it he
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continued by saying that the UK
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government has got to rise to the moment
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and recognize where our future lies
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renew Britain and deliver security for
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working people starmmer went on to say
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that's why they have taken the decision
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to accelerate plans to create wealth in
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every community adding that it is really
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important the prime minister added that
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he strongly believes that is how
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politics has failed our communities for
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so many years and he stressed what we've
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got to do what we're offering is
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fundamental change former Labour Prime
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Minister Gordon Brown who led the UK's
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response to the 2008 banking crisis and
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financial crash has also spoken out to
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call for an economic coalition of the
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willing in response to Trump's tariffs
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writing in the Guardian Brown argued and
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I quote "As I learned in the financial
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crisis of 2008 global problems require
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globally coordinated solutions." He said
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"We need a bold international response
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that measures up to the scale of the
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emergency." And he suggested that like
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the coalition in defense of Ukraine we
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need an economic coalition of the
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willing like-minded global leaders who
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believe that in an interdependent world
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we have to coordinate economic policies
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across continents if we are to safeguard
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jobs and living standards brown called
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on the government to remind China that
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its interests lie in expanding domestic
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consumption rather than flooding the
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world's markets with cutpric goods it
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cannot now sell in the US what do you
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think of Star's response to Trump's
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tariffs let us know your thoughts in the
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