How the new tariff deal impacts British car exportspublished at 23:43 BST 16 June 2025
Sakshi Venkatraman
Live reporter
Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockBritish cars like the popular Range Rover SUVs will no longer face a 25% levy in the US. The UK is the only country to have secured this kind of agreement with the US - but there's a catch.
The agreement presented by Starmer and Trump today establishes that 100,000 British automobiles can come into the US with a 10% tariff rate. Anything beyond that is subject to a 25% rate.
In a 12-month period up to the end of the third quarter of 2024, UK vehicle imports to the US were worth more than $12.2bn (£9bn), according to the UK trade department, external.
UK automaker Jaguar Land Rover exports almost a quarter of its cars to the US, and had previously said the deal would secure "greater certainty for our sector".
For car parts, the agreement is slightly different. Parts made in the UK that are for use in UK cars will also have tariffs go down from 25% to 10%, but in that instance, there's no quota.
British Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said this deal protects UK workers and businesses.
“We agreed this deal with the US to ensure jobs and livelihoods in some of our most vital sectors were protected, and since then we have been focused on delivering those benefits to businesses," he said.
















