0:00
the UK government needs to rise to the
0:02
moment Ciriama has said in response to
0:04
ongoing international uncertainty over
0:07
US President Donald Trump's tariffs
0:09
speaking this morning after Trump
0:10
announced a 90-day pause in his sweeping
0:13
global tariffs while raising his tax
0:15
rate on Chinese imports to 125% the
0:18
prime minister insisted his government
0:19
is ambitious for Britain it came as the
0:22
Footsie 100 rose by more than 6% after
0:24
stock markets opened in London on
0:26
Thursday following a significant rally
0:28
for markets in the US and Asia sakir
0:31
said he would not pretend that tariffs
0:32
are good news and that the government
0:34
was not just going to sit back and hope
0:36
but would need to rise to the moment
0:38
starmmer told reporters that just as
0:40
we've seen recently on defense and
0:42
security across Europe and with Ukraine
0:44
they do make one thing very clear and
0:46
that is that the world is changing and
0:48
we as a country must change with it he
0:50
continued by saying that the UK
0:52
government has got to rise to the moment
0:53
and recognize where our future lies
0:56
renew Britain and deliver security for
0:58
working people starmmer went on to say
1:00
that's why they have taken the decision
1:01
to accelerate plans to create wealth in
1:03
every community adding that it is really
1:06
important the prime minister added that
1:08
he strongly believes that is how
1:10
politics has failed our communities for
1:12
so many years and he stressed what we've
1:14
got to do what we're offering is
1:16
fundamental change former Labour Prime
1:18
Minister Gordon Brown who led the UK's
1:20
response to the 2008 banking crisis and
1:22
financial crash has also spoken out to
1:25
call for an economic coalition of the
1:26
willing in response to Trump's tariffs
1:29
writing in the Guardian Brown argued and
1:32
I quote "As I learned in the financial
1:34
crisis of 2008 global problems require
1:37
globally coordinated solutions." He said
1:39
"We need a bold international response
1:41
that measures up to the scale of the
1:43
emergency." And he suggested that like
1:45
the coalition in defense of Ukraine we
1:47
need an economic coalition of the
1:48
willing like-minded global leaders who
1:51
believe that in an interdependent world
1:52
we have to coordinate economic policies
1:55
across continents if we are to safeguard
1:57
jobs and living standards brown called
1:59
on the government to remind China that
2:01
its interests lie in expanding domestic
2:04
consumption rather than flooding the
2:06
world's markets with cutpric goods it
2:08
cannot now sell in the US what do you
2:10
think of Star's response to Trump's
2:12
tariffs let us know your thoughts in the
2:13
comments and follow CTM for all the
2:15
latest political and economic news
