The past month has been a busy one for Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with the UK striking three landmark trade deals.
Its £25.5bn agreement with India was earmarked as a sign of the "new era for trade and the economy" the world finds itself in post Trump tariffs, according to the PM, and was swiftly followed by a trade deal with the US president. Even if the details are scant and the trust that it will hold up are thin - given Donald Trump's backtracking record - the fact that the UK secured the first trade alliance with the White House since ‘Liberation Day' was noteworthy. UK set for EU deal after 'breakthrough' -reports But it was the EU deal that sparked a resurgence of ‘UK comeback?' debates ...
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