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Sir Keir Starmer has reportedly offered big US tech companies a major tax break in a last-ditch bid to dodge Donald Trump's damaging tariffs.
The prime minister is prepared to lower the rate of the government's digital services tax (DST) in a bid to win concessions from the president as a global trade war looms.
The PM conceded this week that an agreement would not be reached before the tariffs take effect, but his business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said the UK could be the first country to do a deal with Washington.
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