US President Donald Trump's tariffs have reduced UK trade, creating "challenges" among exporters and increasing costs for businesses, campaigners have stressed.
Following the introduction of tariffs, UK goods exports to the United States fell by £1.5bn (24.7%) to £4.7bn in April 2025 compared with March 2025 based on newly released data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This comes as the UK government is actively looking to reset the relationship with the EU post-Brexit, as Best for Britain has called for in our latest report.
Naomi Smith, Chief Executive of Best for Britain said:
“Trump’s tariff tantrums continue to cost UK businesses billions and only increase economic uncertainty, as today’s figures make crystal clear.
“We must work at pace to align with the EU across all industrial and service sectors, as voters have made clear they expect - but, as our latest research shows, it's time to go even further and faster on Britain’s membership of the world’s biggest trading bloc, to shield us from tariffs that keep putting our economic prosperity at risk.”