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The UK business minister is in Washington DC today to discuss a toxic trade deal with Trump. Can you join our call to protect food standards, the NHS and our ability to control Big Tech?
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Hi John,
I will be honest, I am worried. Today, Britain’s Business Secretary is in Washington DC where he will discuss a trade deal with Donald Trump.
Trump is a bully. He will hold the threat of further tariffs over us until he gets what he wants. And his demands would be bad for almost all of us.
Trump wants to abolish the UK’s digital services tax – implemented to deal with Big Tech’s notorious levels of tax avoidance – at a time when international aid has been slashed, and now support for disabled people in the UK is being cut as well.
Trump wants us to lift Big Tech regulations which were designed to protect us online and offline. His demands will include handing even more power to these gigantic corporations, for example, to use and abuse our personal data, and to push forward the development of artificial intelligence without the guardrails we need to ensure this new technology is safe and sustainable.
Already, 15,000 of us have signed up to the campaign to stop this trade deal. Can you join them?
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But Trump’s wishlist doesn’t end there. We know US corporate interests hate the way our NHS can challenge Big Pharma’s price gouging. And they are desperate to undermine the food standards that lock Big Agriculture’s stomach-churning food ‘standards’ out of our markets.
When talking to a bully like Trump, you need to be crystal clear about your red lines. You need to be prepared to stand by your principles. But our government has not laid down any red lines.
In fact, it hasn’t presented any objectives to parliament, nor engaged in an honest conversation with the public about these trade talks.
That’s why we need to make our voices heard. There is no possible trade deal with Trump which doesn’t see us give up important standards and protections. It is completely wrong that these trade-offs will take place behind closed doors.
That’s why we are campaigning against a trade deal with Trump. We can win. We have done so before. But we need your help.
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Thank you,
Nick Dearden
Director, Global Justice Now
Notes
1. Jonathan Reynolds in Washington for first in-person trade talks, City AM, 18 March 2025.
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