Trump points to the United States, the United Kingdom could reach a “real commercial agreement” without tariffs.

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said that the United Kingdom could negotiate a “real commercial agreement” and escape the rates in the middle of negotiations sweetened by Thursday’s visit of the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the White House.

When asked during a joint presentation informing if Starmer had convinced Trump to avoid additional levies on Great Britain, Trump said: “He tried! I was working hard, I will tell you that. He won whatever it is to pay him there. But, he tried … I think there is a very good opportunity that in the case of these two great friendly countries, I think we could finish with a real necessary

The Washington leader emphasized that it was “very receptive” to the Oberturas de Starmer, whom he repeatedly praised as “very special person” and a “very hard” negotiator, and said that the two countries could reach “an agreement that could be excellent.”

“I think we will have something, maybe even, in terms of possibilities, he agreed very shortly,” Trump said.

However, Trump and Starmer’s comments on a possible agreement “could mean anything,” at this point, Stefan Koopman, a senior market economist of Rabobank, in a note on Friday.

“Most likely, I aim for some arrangement to avoid tariffs and increase cooperation in certain sectors,” he added. “At least, kill the can on the road and save the United Kingdom from the rates. At least,” Koopman said.

The warm approach with the United Kingdom contrasts with the approach led by the Trump punitive rate to redefine the United States commercial relations worldwide from its return to the Oval office in January. Washington leader before Thursday revealed plans To impose 25% proposed taxes on imports from Mexico and Canada on March 4 after a month suspension of the initiative. He also announced that China, regularly attacked in trade during Trump’s first mandate, will face additional 10% in the tasks on the same date next week.

Trump advocates tariffs as a means to remodel commercial relations, eliminate commercial deficits and promote national manufacturing. But analysts warn that the American consumer could end up raising the account, through higher prices in goods and potential heating of inflation in the world’s largest economy.

“We have been treated very unfairly in trade,” Trump said Thursday, noting that this was applied to both “friends and enemies.”

Amid the increase in tensions, Trump has also threatened tariffs to the long -standing transatlantic partners of the United States, leaving the European Union and the United Kingdom in a diplomatic race to avoid such measures.

In an escalation on ThursdayThe president of the United States said that the European bloc, whose roots date back to the application of the Maastricht treaty in 1993, formed “to annoy the United States … That is the purpose of this, and have done a good job.” In response, the EU Commission said the block had benefited the United States in the past.

Starmer, whose offensive of the White House charm included a letter from King Charles of Great Britain inviting Trump in a second state visit unprecedented to the United Kingdom, reached a conciliatory tone on Thursday, saying that the two leaders had “had a very good discussion, a productive discussion, a good discussion” in commerce.

“I think you are trying to find a division between us that does not exist,” British Prime Minister told journalists, and said: “Our commercial relationship is not only strong, it is fair, balanced and reciprocal.”

The US trade with the United Kingdom has balanced on average, looting between surpluses and deficits in recent years and the leader of the British finance minister, Rachel Reeves, to ensure at the end of January that his country “is not part of the problem” for Washington.

Penny Mordount, former Secretary of Defense of the United Kingdom and a member of the main conservative party of the opposition, told CNBC on Friday that it was “good” that the United States and Britain changed the trade again.

Mordount said that, despite the stagnation of the previous conversations on a commercial agreement at the federal level, the United Kingdom had continued the commitment and formed agreements with individual states of the United States.

“Therefore, we have a very good understanding about what companies need about the State by state. We are in a good position to think what kind of economic agreements would really help our companies open more of our markets with each other,” he said.

The two Chiefs of Thursdays on Thursday also mentioned a second key concern for Trump: accelerating the outcome of the war in Ukraine and European proactivism in increasing defense spending. In that sense, he congratulated Great Britain Tuesday ad which will increase its defense contributions to 2.5% of the national gross domestic product since April 2027, exceeding the formal objective of 2% of NATO that many allies have fought to meet.

“In this new era, you are also right that Europe must take a step forward,” said Starmer.

Trump, who has bothered Western allies by quickly restoring discussions with a previously isolated Russia, emphasized Thursday that Washington was laying the foundations for a “peace agreement for a long time” between kyiv and Moscow and expects a stop the fire as part of the next steps.

The conservative party gap told CNBC on Friday that it believed that progress was being made, but also suggested that critical questions were not yet answered.

“I think we are arriving there,” he said when asked if he believed that a peace agreement for Ukraine was close. “It is good to see that the conditions for this war to end (really) are really created. The key is that we have enough to dissuade the future expansionist aggression of Russia,” said Mordount.

He added that Europe still had “a fair way to go step ahead and demonstrate that”, saying that he believed that the increase of the United Kingdom in defense spending is not yet far enough.

European allies have questioned whether Washington’s accelerated negotiations and the warm Kremlin diplomacy could result in an unfavorable or unilateral peace agreement that can force Ukraine to territorial concessions.

Meanwhile, the White House leader has also prioritized the increase in returns for military and foreign aid contributions from the United States to kyiv from Russia’s large -scale invasion in 2022.

Trump said his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy would visit the White House on Friday to sign an agreement on critical minerals of rare earths. Zelenskyy, separately, described this “Marco Agreement” as grassroots plans to create a joint investment fund in the United States, in which Ukraine would pour 50% of the income obtained from the future monetization of its natural resources assets.

“We will sign a historical agreement that will make the United States an important partner in the development of minerals and rare earths and rare gases and Ukraine gases,” Trump reassured Thursday. “We will be digging, excavating Diging. Diges we must.”