Don’t prioritise EU relations while neglecting crucial trade deal with Trump, Tories fume at Starmer

TORIES have warned the PM against wooing the EU while appearing to go cold on a trade deal with President Trump.

Sir Keir Starmer’s Brexit pointman was in Brussels yesterday eyeing closer ties.

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But the Conservatives said Labour should instead be concentrating on a US agreement amid threats of tariffs.

Downing Street refused to commit to a comprehensive trade deal with Mr Trump.

A spokesman said: “We want to boost trade with the US, so we’re not going to get ahead of where those talks get to.”

Meanwhile Sir Keir’s EU relations minister Nick Thomas-Symonds flew to Brussels to give a speech at the UK-EU Forum in which he called for “greater co-operation”.

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He went on: “The future of the EU and the UK lies beyond the status quo.”

Sir Keir has promised not to cross his red lines on freedom of movement or a customs union.

He has also vowed not to pick sides between Europe and the US.

The Tories failed to get a US trade deal done in government. But Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith said: “It’s time for the PM to get off the fence.

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“A trade deal with the US would be the holy grail.

“But all the time he sits adoring his Euro chums he is failing to get a deal that puts Britain’s interests first.”