Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to continued US tariffs on UK steel and aluminium

Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Labour’s Shadow International Trade Secretary, responding to the continuation of US tariffs on UK steel and aluminium, said: 

“It’s been more than a month since the US agreed to lift punitive tariffs on steel and aluminium exports from the EU, but left the same tariffs in place for the UK. 

“Whatever the explanation for that difference in treatment, it is unacceptable for it to continue, and the government must get this situation resolved.

“The UK steel and aluminium industries should not be a pawn in anyone’s political games, when there are jobs and businesses at stake in communities across our country.”