Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has suggested Britain should introduce tariffs on US electric vehicles in retaliation for President Donald Trump's higher taxes on steel imports. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Eighty years ago this week, the Allies began a pincer movement against German forces between
00:07the Ruhr and the Rhine. British and Canadian troops attacked from the north, Americans
00:12from the south. British, Canadian and American soldiers fighting shoulder to shoulder to
00:19defeat fascists. Eighty years on, President Trump seems to have forgotten all this. His
00:26tariffs against steel and aluminium will hit Canada the hardest, and will also hit
00:32jobs and the cost of living in our country. So in reminding President Trump who America's
00:39true and long-standing friends and allies really are, will the Prime Minister also prepare
00:46a plan for tariffs in return, starting with tariffs on American electric cars?
00:54The Prime Minister is right to reference our history, the 80-year anniversary. Of course,
01:03we were fighting alongside the Americans, and that is among the reasons we have a special
01:07relationship. British steel is an essential part of our heartlands, and we will not abandon
01:15our skilled workforce. It needs a level-headed assessment of the implications, which is what
01:21we are going through at the moment, but we will always put our national interests first
01:25and steelworkers first.