UK manufacturers to cut jobs ‘within weeks unless ministers can strike trade deal’

Bosses from automotive, manufacturing and energy warned MPs about effect of Trump tariffs

Britain's manufacturers will start cutting jobs within weeks" unless the government can strike a deal to safeguard the UK economy from Donald Trump's trade war, industry leaders have told MPs.

Senior executives from the UK's automotive, manufacturing and energy sectors warned a committee of MPs to expect job losses this summer if the US moves ahead with a swathe of global trade tariffs set out by Trump earlier this month.