UK expects to be hit by US tariffs this week, PM's spokesman says

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain expects to be hit by U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to impose global tariffs this week and the government has been preparing for all eventualities, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesman said on Monday.

Talks between Britain and the United States to negotiate a new economic deal that would avert the tariffs are expected to continue past Wednesday, when Trump is expected to unveil the worldwide tariffs, the spokesman said.

"We have been actively preparing for all eventualities ahead of the expected announcement from President Trump this week, which (we) would expect the UK to be impacted alongside other countries," the spokesman told reporters.

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper. Writing by Andrew MacAskill, editing by Sarah Young)