Yvette Cooper and Donald Trump

Yvette Cooper refused to criticise Donald Trump even after his flip-flopping on his international tariffs.

A week after he first announced a series of steep taxes on international imports on more than 60 countries, the US president imposed a sudden 90-day pause on these levies.

Now all of those nations enjoy the same “baseline” level the UK received last week – 10% tariffs – until July.

The only exception is China, which now has 125% tariffs.

While stock markets have bounced back, they are still lower than they were before Trump’s Liberation Day last week – and the US president has been widely ridiculed for unleashing such chaos.

But the UK government appears to be sticking to its more neutral approach by avoiding criticising the White House.

Asked to react to the tariff changes on Sky News, Cooper said: “We’ve made clear throughout that we don’t want to see a trade war. I don’t think that is in anyone’s interests.

“Our position hasn’t changed. We’re continuing to........

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