The UK has published a sample list of US goods that could face future tariffs, external in retaliation to the wave of new import taxes announced by President Donald Trump.
Being on the list does not mean a product will face tariffs, the government said.
The list is extremely broad, appearing to contain almost all potential import products from pure bred horses and children’s clothes to crude oil and firearms.
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has told MPs the government is consulting with UK exporters on which US products it could hit with retaliatory tariffs, in responses to the new 10% tariff on all UK goods entering the US.
This is a toughening of the government’s stance after weeks of dismissing the idea of entering a trade war as it attempted to negotiate exemptions for UK industries in the new US tariff regime.
Reynolds told MPs “the best route to economic stability for working people is a negotiated deal with the US” but claimed all options remain on the table.
