US President Donald Trump announcing his tariffs in April.

The US’s stance on trade would be unlikely to change even if a Democrat were elected to the White House, a minister has warned.

The US president imposed a 10% tax on British imports to the States in April, on top of a global 25% levy on aluminium, steel and cars.

Other countries received higher “reciprocal” tariffs initially, rocking worldwide trade, although Trump did end up reducing the majority to 10%.

The UK became the first nation to agree to a trade deal with the States to reduce the tariffs earlier this year.

The two sides agreed to cut British steel and aluminum levies to zero and cut the car taxes to 10% – for up to 100,000 – although it is yet to be finalised.

Britain also secured a temporary exemption when Trump doubled its import tariffs on steel and aluminium to 50%, until July 9, depending on the progress of the trade deal.

Even so, the tariffs have undoubtedly hit the British........

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