The government will continue its "historic" stance of maintaining strong relationships with both Europe and the US, according to a government minister. Secondary Care Minister Karin Smyth said Donald Trump's presidency is still at an "early stage" and that negotiations could be key in avoiding tariffs. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00This country has always played a really important part of being part of the European continent
00:06and the United States and I think what Keir Starmer has shown
00:09in his short time as Prime Minister, a willingness to reset the relationship with Europe
00:14and the importance of the United States relationship. So I think we can play a pivotal
00:18role in that way as we have historically done and that's what we would seek to do.
00:22I mean I think tariffs or getting into so-called trade wars is not good for any of us ultimately
00:27but we're at an early stage of the presidency, there'll be negotiations around that. We want
00:34to make sure that we do the best for Britain, being part of working with our
00:38allies is a key way to do that and that's what Keir Starmer will do.