'World As We Knew It Has Gone': UK PM Starmer to Announce End of Globalisation Amid Trump's Tariff Tension

UK PM Keir Starmer may soon declare the end of globalisation amid a tense environment across the world due to US President Donald Trump's tariff decision. Trump's reciprocal tariff call on April 2 with baseline 10% duties on all US imports has left major economies in a peculiar situation. Now, as per a report, the UK PM on Monday will speak on the issue, and is expected to announce steps to "move further and faster" amid the fallout of Trump's tariff.

In an opinion in The Sunday Telegraph, Starmer said the world everybody knew has changed and that the tariffs have created a "new world" governed by "deals and alliances" rather than rules.

"The world as we knew it has gone. Old assumptions can no longer be taken for granted," Starmer wrote. Calling the new era "an economic revolution", he said the UK "will win" it.

Starmer further said, "Nobody wins from a trade war," and mentioned that Trump's decision will have "profound" economic consequences, the report further said.

This comes after chief secretary to the UK Treasury, Darren Jones said that "globalisation as we’ve known it for the last number of decades has come to an end". In an interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, he said the government was "trying to get ahead of these challenges".

On the question of globalisation, he said, "Yeah it's ended, the prime minister said that himself this morning."

Now, apart from the statement, Starmer's government is expected to make several moves aimed at boosting the country's economic growth amid a global trade war threat. Starmer has agreed that counter tariff, like the once China impose on the US, won't help.

The UK is also likely to appeal to the US president, arguing that he understands the America-first approach, but the blanket tariffs should not be the way out, a report in The Independent stated.

Trump's announcement, which was then followed by a "Hang tough" advisory to Americans, has shaken the markets around the globe.

In his opinion piece, Starmer said the priority during this tariff tension is to "keep calm and fight for the best deal".

"In the coming days, we will turbocharge plans that will improve our domestic competitiveness", he said, adding "we stand ready to use industrial policy to help shelter British business from the storm."