How bad boy
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That's a bit of a distortion from the UK press of what exactly it says.
This is probably what they're referring to:
In addition to products already addressed in this document, the United States and the United Kingdom intend to adopt a structured, negotiated approach to other 3 sectors that may be subject to Section 232 investigations or other tariff measures with a view to a significantly preferential outcome. Any such approach is contingent on the United Kingdom ensuring the security of supply chains, using appropriate measures, of products intended for export to the United States and on the findings of related U.S. investigations of, or other tariff measures related to, such sectors
Basically terms of deals with the likes of china shouldn't offer a back door route to the US market.
This is generally standard in trade t&cs anyway. China is definitely routing some of its goods via countries with lower tariffs such as Cambodia and Vietnam. Build it in China, ship it to a fake factory in Cambodia and send it to the US claiming it was built there. What the US is looking to avoid is the double hop of something being shipped to China, labelled as Cambodian, shipped to the UK, then exported to the US from the UK as a Cambodian sourced good.
That pattern is definitely happening right now and this is a commitment that the UK will work to mitigate it. If you have millions or billions in exports to protect, then it's worth sending it in multi-hop trips round the world to avoid the punitive US tariffs
