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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. How goes the trade war?

Signs of a thaw emerge as Donald Trump and Kier-Starmer, the British Prime Minister,

announced trade pact, at least the framework of a trade pact, between the United States and

United Kingdom. How good is the deal?

And what does this mean for the future trade deals that Donald Trump is promising?

That's our subject for today on Potomac Watch.

I'm Paul Giego, the editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal.

And I'm here with my colleagues, Kyle Peterson and Alicia Finley.

Well, the first big breakthrough today, how big is the question mark? But it's a breakthrough of sorts on the many trade

deals that Donald Trump has been promising after he paused his so-called Liberation Day tariffs

that he imposed on April 2nd and that caused so much distress in the financial markets.

He announced a 90-day pause on those reciprocal tariffs after the revolt in financial markets.

And this is the first fruit of that pause.

Let's listen to Kier-Starmor, the British PM, talk about the deal on a call with Donald Trump.

This is going to boost trade between and across our countries. It's going to not only protect jobs, but create jobs, opening market access.

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