Starmer Taps Mandelson as UK Envoy to Trump's Washington

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Starmer was convinced of Mandelson's credentials in light of his experience handling complex trade agreements while EU commissioner, including the Doha Development Round and the EU-South Korean free trade agreement, the bloc's first with an Asian country, one of the people said.
53% : Earlier: Starmer and Trump Hold Phone Call on UK-US Ties, Discuss UkraineThe incoming ambassador's views on China will also provoke interest.
34% : (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to appoint Peter Mandelson, a veteran Labour Party figure and trade specialist, as the UK's ambassador to the US, in an effort to spare Britain from being hit by tariffs by Donald Trump.
26% : Mandelson's chief goal will be to insulate the UK from potential tariffs threatened by Trump, one of the people said.
4% : The new envoy's first task will be mending the relationship between Starmer and Trump, which had a difficult start after Trump accused Labour activists of interfering in the US election by campaigning for Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent.

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