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By Milad Sherzad, News Reporter
A TRADE deal between the UK and US will be agreed to within just three weeks, an insider has revealed.
White House officials want to achieve the rapid deal with Britain as President Donald Trump aims to isolate China in his global tariff trade war, the insider claimed.
This comes just days after US vice-president JD Vance eased worries in financial markets when he predicted Trump would agree to a "great" deal with London, due to his "cultural affinity" with the UK.
A White House official told The Telegraph he expected an agreement to be reached "soon", adding it could be achieved within "two weeks, or maybe three".
Britain was hit by a flat 10 per cent tariff by the US President earlier this month as part of his "liberation day", which saw him enforce trade barriers on countries around the world.
China has been hit with tariffs of 145 per cent by the White House, and has responded itself with a tax of 125 per cent on imports from the US.
The World Trade Organisation said this could see business between the two giants plunge by 90 per cent.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday there were already 15 trade deals being negotiated, after more than 75 nations reached out to land deals before the 90-day pause on more aggressive tariffs expires.
After Trump revealed his varying tariffs for countries around the world, stock markets were sent into freefall and diplomatic crises ensued.
Following the devastating effects, the US president rolled back on his announcement, placing a blanket 10 per cent tariff on all imports globally for 90 days, except those from China.
While he has kept the large levy on the Asian country, he rolled back on placing it on all imports, sparing iPhones, laptops, and other electronics from the brutal tariffs.
In terms of an agreement with Britain, Trump officials have publicly and privately said the UK is in a good position for a quick deal as it imports more from the US than it exports.
The president had heavily targeted countries with tariffs which exported more to the US than they imported.
However, some officials have cautioned that Britain's safety cannot be guaranteed, due to Trump's unpredictable nature.
Steve Bannon, Trump's former strategist, said a deal with the UK would be one of the fastest and easiest to negotiate.
He said: "You (Britain) don’t make anything anymore [that] we're trying to bring back - that's why Japan and Korea will be tough."
"Sure you guys make automobiles but it is nothing in the grand scheme of things - they’re kind of bespoke Jaguars and Aston Martins."