The UK could be spared from Donald Trump’s tariffs raise because of Brexit, a US governor has said. Trump has said he wants to raise tariffs on goods from around the world by 10 percent, rising to 60 percent on goods from China,

US free trade used to be seen as a Brexit benefit - but Trump tariffs could highlight Britain's economic isolation

New Jersey governor Phil Murphy, who knows Mr Trump personally, said he believed the Republican politician would have ‘sympathy’ over Brexit.

Donald Trump 's admiration for "renegade" Brexit Britain may mean it is spared tariffs under his incoming presidency, according to a US politician. Phil Murphy, the Democratic governor of New Jersey, said he thinks the US president-elect will look favourably on the UK choosing to leave the "bureaucratic blob" of the European Union.