There’s a new momentum among leaders of the Group of Seven (G-7) nations to cut tariffs on food, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, adding that U.S. President Joe Biden was planning to cut $178 billion (£146 billion) worth of tariffs.
It comes after Johnson vowed to “get people through” the “post-COVID, Ukraine-exacerbated inflationary pressures.”
Speaking on Wednesday to reporters who travelled with him to the NATO summit in Madrid, Johnson suggested he wants to get rid of tariffs on food that the UK doesn’t produce.
Asked if the cost-of-living crisis is going to get worse before it gets better, Johnson said he “wouldn’t want to put it in exactly that way.”…