UK exports to the US hit three-year low in June 2025 despite trade deal, as tariffs and rules strain businesses.

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British goods exports to the United States fell to their lowest level in more than three years in June, according to official data published on Thursday that showed the hit from U.

The UK’s largest bioethanol plant is to shut, its owner has said, after the government decided not offer the struggling factory an emergency funding settlement after months of fraught negotiations. Vivergo Fuels had been locked in talks over its future with the business department since June,

India and the US have concluded a week-long round of trade negotiations earlier this month to finalise an interim trade deal seen as crucial for New Delhi to skirt reciprocal tariffs ahead of the August 1 deadline.

U.S. President Donald Trump, dogged by questions about his ties to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, arrived in Scotland on Friday for some golf and bilateral talks that could yield a trade deal with the European Union.

The UK’s largest bioethanol plant is to shut, its owner has said, after the government decided not offer the struggling factory an emergency funding settlement after months of fraught negotiations. Vivergo Fuels had been locked in talks over its future with the business department since June, after it warned an element of the UK-US trade [...]

Trade between India and the EAEU reached $69 billion in 2024, marking a 7 per cent rise over the previous year, according to India’s commerce ministry.