唐纳德·特朗普总统揭开周四与英国达成的贸易协定框架，标志着自白宫暂停其一些具有深远影响的“解放日“上个月的关税。
特朗普表示，特朗普政府将调整25%的钢铁和铝关税，并将首批10万辆英国汽车的汽车关税从25%降至10%。
该协议保留了美国上个月对几乎所有外国进口商品征收的10%关税。
商务部长霍华德·鲁特尼克说，作为交换，英国将放松针对一系列产品的贸易壁垒，包括乙醇、牛肉和机械等产品。白宫表示，额外的市场准入相当于50亿美元的贸易。
根据特朗普周四在社交媒体上分享的信息，美国还获得了100亿美元的波音飞机零部件采购和一个药品“安全供应链”。
特朗普说，英国将通过海关检查快速跟踪美国进口。
特朗普说，美英协议留下了一些细节有待以后解决，使两国走上了达成更广泛协议的道路。
特朗普周四在椭圆形办公室发表报告时，吹捧了这项协议。
“这项协议对两国都有利，”特朗普说，并指出“最终细节正在拟定中。”
英国首相基尔·斯塔默(Keir Starmer)通过特朗普办公桌上的扬声器电话发表讲话说，最近几周，双方的谈判朝着达成协议的方向发展。
“这是一笔非常重要的交易，”斯塔默说。“没有两个国家比我们两国更亲密。”
斯塔默承认一些细节仍需要“解决”
美国的数据显示，去年从英国进口的约680亿美元的商品约占美国进口商品的2%表现。美国去年向英国出口了价值近800亿美元的产品，占美国商品出口的近4%。
几十个国家面临着潜在的所谓“互惠关税”，但英国不在其中，因为英国购买的比出售给美国的多。白宫暂停互惠关税，直到7月份，因为它寻求与几十个国家达成贸易协议。
美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特(Scott Bessent)周二在众议院小组委员会作证时表示，特朗普政府已开始与美国18大贸易伙伴中的17个进行谈判，不包括中国。贝森特说，这些国家占美国对外贸易的绝大部分。
Bessent将于周六前往瑞士日内瓦，与中国进行初步贸易谈判。美国上个月对中国商品征收145%的关税，促使对美国产品征收125%的报复性关税。
周四，特朗普表示，美国和中国之间的谈判将是“非常实质性的”，表达了降低中国商品关税的意愿。
“不能再高了，”特朗普说。“你知道它要下来了。”
特朗普上个月的关税升级扰乱了市场，引发了后退华尔街的警告。
美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔(Jerome Powell)周三在华盛顿特区的新闻发布会上发表讲话警告特朗普的关税政策可能导致通胀上升和经济放缓。
鲍威尔周三表示:“如果已经宣布的关税大幅增加持续下去，可能会导致通货膨胀上升和经济增长放缓。”
鲍威尔说，尽管如此，关键指标表明经济仍处于“稳固状态”。
What's in the US-UK trade framework announced by Trump?
President Donald Trumpunveiledthe framework for a trade agreement with the United Kingdom on Thursday, marking the first such accord with any nation since the White House suspended some of its far-reaching "Liberation Day" tariffs last month.
The Trump administration will adjust 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, and will lower auto tariffs from 25% to 10% on the first 100,000 British vehicles sent to the U.S., Trump said.
The agreement left in place 10% tariffs that the U.S. slapped last month on imported goods from nearly all foreign countries.
In exchange, the U.K. will ease trade barriers targeting a set of products, including ethanol, beef and machinery, among other products, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said. That additional market access amounts to $5 billion worth of trade, the White House said.
The U.S. also secured a $10 billion purchase of Boeing airplane parts and a "secure supply chain" for pharmaceuticals, according to information shared by Trump on social media on Thursday.
The U.K. will fast-track U.S. imports through customs inspection, Trump said.
The U.S.-U.K. agreement left some details to be worked out later, setting the two countries on a path toward a wider deal, Trump said.
Addressing reports at the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump touted the agreement.
"This deal is working out for both countries," Trump said, noting the "final details are being written up."
In remarks made over a speaker phone on Trump's desk, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said negotiations between the two sides moved toward an agreement in recent weeks.
"This is a really important deal," Starmer said. "There are no two countries that are closer than our two countries."
Starmer acknowledged some details still need to be "ironed out."
The roughly $68 billion in imported goods from the U.K. last year accounted for about 2% of U.S. imported goods, U.S. datashowed. The U.S. exported nearly $80 billion worth of products to the U.K. last year, which accounted for almost 4% of U.S. goods exports.
Dozens of nations face potential so-called "reciprocal tariffs," but the U.K. is not among them, since the U.K. buys more than it sells to the U.S. The White House paused the reciprocal tariffs until July, as it seeks to strike trade agreements with dozens of countries.
Testifying before a House subcommittee on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration had commenced negotiations with 17 of the top 18 U.S. trade partners, excluding China. Those countries account for the vast majority of U.S. foreign trade, Bessent said.
Bessent is set to travel to Geneva, Switzerland, for initial trade negotiations with China on Saturday. The U.S. last month imposed 145% tariffs on Chinese goods, prompting 125% retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products.
On Thursday, Trump said the negotiations between the U.S. and China would be "very substantive," voicing a willingness to lower the tariffs on Chinese goods.
"It couldn't go higher," Trump said. "You know it's coming down."
Trump's tariff escalation last month roiled markets and triggeredrecessionwarnings on Wall Street.
Speaking at a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome PowellwarnedTrump's tariff policy could cause higher inflation and an economic slowdown.
"If the large increase in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they're likely to generate a rise in inflation and a slowdown of economic growth," Powell said Wednesday.
Still, key indicators suggest the economy remains in "solid shape", Powell said.
