Blair ally Mandelson set to be new UK ambassador to Donald Trump's US

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Dame Karen Pierce is the current ambassador to the US and she will remain in the post until the end of January when Trump is inaugurated.
54% : While China is his first target, the EU and UK could also be hit.
52% : He also served as EU trade commissioner and was vigorously anti-Brexit, including running the campaign for a second referendum.
51% : Although Lord Mandelson had said at the time 'nobody has spoken to me about it', the sources said he would be encouraged to take the role because he had the strength of character to deal with Trump - and the experience to handle the critical trade negotiations.
47% : His protectionist 'America First' platform and hostility to free trade agreements ignore the fact that the US is at near full employment, that banning imports will raise the prices of goods for American consumers, and that in a world of cross-border value chains US manufacturers and manufacturing-related services benefit hugely from supplying production outside US territory.'Lord Mandelson, the former Cabinet minister and EU commissioner nicknamed 'the Prince of Darkness' due to his Machiavellian maneuverings, will be installed in Washington following Mr Trump's inauguration on January 20.
44% : The Lord's expertise as a former EU trade commissioner could prove vital during what look set to be fraught discussions with the Trump administration over free trade.
42% : Lord Mandelson, the former Cabinet minister and EU commissioner nicknamed 'the Prince of Darkness' due to his Machiavellian maneuverings, will be installed in Washington following Mr Trump's inauguration on January 20.
30% : Tony Blair's close ally Peter Mandelson is set to become the UK ambassador to the United States, despite previously branding Donald Trump a 'bully' and laying into his 'America First' agenda.
27% : But questions have been raised over the peer's previous attacks on Trump and praise for China.
25% : He's a bridgehead, both to President Trump and to Elon Musk and others.'Peter Mandelson had been the frontrunner to become British Ambassador to Washington were Donald Trump to win the electionA younger Peter Mandelson is seen during the second day of the Labour Party Annual Conference Conference on September 27, 2004 in Brighton, EnglandRead
10% : More Keir Starmer speaks to Donald Trump as PM 'eyes up White House visit in February'Mr Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on all imports into the US, potentially triggering a major trade war.

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