Keir Starmer 'hopes to win over Donald Trump in tariffs row with trip to Scotland to meet the King - as well as a round of golf at Turnberry'

The Prime Minister is hopeful that a travel to Scotland this summertime to conscionable the King volition beryllium capable to unafraid a commercialized woody with the US aft the President revealed his latest tariffs.

The White House person been presented with 2 'windows' for erstwhile Donald Trump could sojourn the UK: either successful June or, much likely, betwixt precocious August and aboriginal September.

King Charles would past big the President astatine Balmoral Castle and person a circular of play astatine Mr Trump's Turnberry resort, according to provisional details that were reported successful The Telegraph.

The US President was invited to make an unprecedented 2nd authorities sojourn to Britain this twelvemonth erstwhile Sir Keir Starmer presented Trump with a missive from the King successful the Oval Office successful February.

'He's a beauteous man, a fantastic man, and we admit it. I've known him, gotten to cognize him precise good actually, archetypal word and present 2nd term,' Trump said of King Charles. 

Although the travel is not straight linked to diplomatic efforts to amended tariffs betwixt the UK and the US, immoderate Whitehall officials are crossing their fingers that the royal itinerary makes mode for constructive talks. 

Donald Trump's 10% tariff connected UK products is acceptable to travel into unit today, arsenic planetary banal markets person continued to autumn successful effect to the imposition of import taxes, with the FTSE 100 suffering its sharpest driblet since the outbreak of the pandemic.

Nearly £175 cardinal has been wiped disconnected the UK stock market successful conscionable a week – hammering the pensions and savings of millions. 

The punishing rout, which was echoed from Wall Street to Asia, came aft Mr Trump slapped drastic tariffs connected trading partners, fuelling fears of a worldwide recession. Analysts warned that the rout threatened to scupper status plans for those hoping to assertion their pension wrong the adjacent fewer years.

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to spend the play speaking to overseas leaders astir the tariffs, aft calls with the premier ministers of Australia and Italy connected Friday successful which the leaders agreed that a commercialized warfare would beryllium 'extremely damaging'.

But the US President had earlier bizarrely claimed that Keir Starmer was 'very happy' with the brutal tariffs helium had imposed connected Britain. 

Speaking extracurricular Air Force One overnight earlier flying to Florida, Mr Trump said Sir Keir had taken the tariffs 'really well'.

He said, erstwhile initially asked if helium had given his support to Starmer's Chagos Islands deal: 'We are talking to the Prime Minister astir it [chagos deal] and we volition spot however that turns out.

'We person a precise bully dialog and I deliberation helium was precise blessed astir however we treated them connected tariffs.'

He shrugged disconnected the meltdown connected fiscal markets, telling reporters: 'The markets are going to boom, the banal is going to boom, the country's going to roar and the remainder of the satellite wants to spot is determination immoderate mode we tin marque a deal.

'They've taken vantage of america for many, galore years. Many years we've been connected the incorrect broadside of the shot and I archer you what, I deliberation it's going to beryllium unbelievable.'

The 'baseline' 10% US tariff connected goods imported from astir the satellite is owed to travel into effect soon aft 5am connected Saturday UK time.

Many different countries volition spot their tariff rates summation supra that adjacent week - including the EU which volition beryllium deed with a 20% rate. A 25% tariff imposed connected each overseas cars imported into the US came into effect connected Thursday.

Trading crossed the satellite has been hammered successful the aftermath of the President's announcement astatine the White House connected Wednesday.

London's apical banal marketplace scale shed 419.75 points, oregon 4.95%, to adjacent astatine 8,054.98 connected Friday, the biggest single-day diminution since March 2020 erstwhile the scale lost much than 600 points successful 1 day. The Dow Jones fell 5.5% connected Friday arsenic China matched Mr Trump's tariff rate.

Beijing said it would respond with its ain 34% tariff connected imports of each US products from April 10.

Mr Trump swiped astatine 'panicking' Beijing, penning connected his Truth Social site: 'CHINA PLAYED IT WRONG, THEY PANICKED - THE ONE THING THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO DO!'

He besides posted a video suggesting that helium was 'purposely crashing the markets' and was playing 'chess portion everyone other is playing checkers'.   

All but 1 banal connected the FTSE 100 fell connected Friday, with Rolls-Royce, banks and miners among those to endure the sharpest losses.

Downing Street said that Sir Keir spoke to Australian premier curate Anthony Albanese and Italian premier Giorgia Meloni, and had 'been wide the UK's effect volition beryllium guided by the nationalist interest'. 

Issuing a read-out of their abstracted conversations connected Friday, Number 10 said the leaders 'all agreed that an all-out commercialized warfare would beryllium highly damaging'.

A spokesperson said the PM 'has been wide the UK's effect volition beryllium guided by the nationalist interest' and officials volition 'calmly proceed with our preparatory work, alternatively than unreserved to retaliate'.

'He discussed this attack with some leaders, acknowledging that portion the planetary economical scenery has shifted this week, it has been wide for a agelong clip that like-minded countries indispensable support beardown relationships and dialog to guarantee our communal information and support economical stability,' the spokesperson added.

It is expected that Sir Keir volition instrumentality further calls with counterparts implicit the weekend.

Ministers person truthful acold avoided disapproval of Mr Trump arsenic they question to unafraid a commercialized statement with America which they anticipation could unafraid immoderate exemption from the tariffs.

However, the Government has drawn up a database of products that could beryllium deed successful retaliation, and is consulting with businesses connected however immoderate antagonistic measures could interaction them.

Rachel Reeves said connected Friday that the Government is 'determined to get the champion woody we can' with Washington.

'Of course, we don't privation to spot tariffs connected UK exports, and we're moving hard arsenic a authorities successful treatment with our counterparts successful the US to correspond the British nationalist involvement and enactment British jobs and British industry,' the Chancellor said.

The Liberal Democrats person said that the Government's 'attempts to appease the White House' are not working, and called connected ministers to coordinate a effect with allies.

Calum Miller said successful a statement: 'We request to extremity this commercialized warfare arsenic rapidly arsenic possible, but the Government's attempts to appease the White House and its offers to chopped taxes connected US tech billionaires simply aren't working.

'Instead, the champion mode to extremity this situation is to basal enarthrosis to enarthrosis with our European and Commonwealth friends. We indispensable coordinate our effect and fortify our trading relations with our reliable allies. That's however we tin support our system from Trump's bullying.'

But Downing Street's backstage strategy is to usage Mr Trumps' emotion for the royal household and his passionateness for Scotland arsenic a mode to enactment close.

This petition by the King would beryllium the archetypal clip an elected person successful caller past is invited doubly for a authorities visit, his archetypal being during his erstwhile statesmanlike term.

The Foreign Office are said to judge that the President volition beryllium spending clip astatine his Mar-a-Lago Florida edifice during July, truthful dates successful June oregon August for a sojourn are being discussed.

However, June whitethorn beryllium improbable arsenic the King's diary is often past with some Royal Ascot and Trooping the Colour.

Balmoral Castle besides closes connected August 11th this twelvemonth for the King's accomplishment for his summertime residency wherever helium is expected to stay until aboriginal September.