US-UK trade deal squeezes China supply chains

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The text of the five-page US-UK deal, which was hastily put together in seven weeks after Trump announced global import duties on April 2, specifies that tariff relief for British products will depend on so-called Section 232 investigations -- probes to determine whether and how specific imports affect US national security.
51% : Thursday's deal offered tariff relief to both industries, but only on the condition that Britain "work to promptly meet US requirements" on their supply chain security and the "ownership of relevant production facilities". UK officials said the provision applied to all third countries, but acknowledged that Trump had signalled that China was the intended target.
42% : The UK has accepted strict US security "requirements" for the steel and pharmaceutical industries in its trade pact with Donald Trump, in what diplomats see as a template for Washington to push other partners to exclude China from strategic supply chains.

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