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Jeremy Corbyn today accuses “weak” Theresa May of “appeasing” Donald Trump over steel tariffs in the hope of striking a Brexit trade deal.

The Labour leader will launch a stinging attack on the Prime Minister when he addresses the GMB union annual conference in Brighton.

The Tory leader last night told the US President she was “deeply disappointed” at his “unjustified” decision to slap 25% duties on imports from countries including Britain.

Experts warn the move could jeopardise thousands of jobs in the fragile British industry, WHICH exported £360million worth of steel to America last year.

In a 30-minute phone call, Mrs May vowed to tackle Mr Trump on the taxes when the pair meet at this week’s G7 summit in Canada.

A No10 spokesman said: “The Prime Minister said the US, UK and EU are close national security allies and we recognise the importance of the values of open and fair trade across the world.

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“The Prime Minister also underlined the need to safeguard jobs that would potentially be affected by the decision.”

Mr Corbyn will today taunt Mrs May over a series of transatlantic spats with the White House.

He is due to say: “The Tory Government’s timid response shamefully fails to stand up to Trump ... The Tories are too weak to stand up to the powerful, and too in hock to them even if they wanted to.

“Theresa May is appeasing Donald Trump in the hope of getting a race-to-the-bottom trade deal with the US after we leave the European Union.

“The Trump trade tariffs show that’s a Tory pipe-dream.”

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A senior Labour MP urged the Government to clobber Mr Trump with tariffs over his Scottish golf courses.

John Mann hit out after International trade Secretary Liam Fox said the UK would work with the EU on its response to the President’s tariffs.

Urging the Government to “fight him”, Mr Mann told the Commons: “I can’t believe what I’m hearing.

“It’s a good job steelworkers and steel communities didn’t wave the white flag when they’d been called upon repeatedly to defend our shared values with the US over the last 100 years.

“The only language that Trump understands is people fighting back - it’s about time this country fought back.

“We can do it - golf. He likes golf, let’s have some golf tariffs on golf owners in Scotland.

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“Let’s bring them in immediately and stand up for our steel communities and steelworkers instead of this rubbish about how we can do nothing about it.

Dr Fox warned tariffs could unleash a “global trading disaster”.

Giving a statement to MPs, he said: “It will not just be those in developed countries who will feel the effects if this has a slowdown impact on the global economy.

“That is the potential if we have tariffs, counter-measures, and then we have measures against the counter-measures.

“It’s very easy to see how this ramps up into a global trading disaster.”

Lib Dem international trade spokesman Tom Brake branded the US a “rogue state” and claimed it should be suspended from the G7.