Use the UK agreement momentum to get more trade deals done fast, Mr. President

President Donald Trump’s freshly announced trade deal with the United Kingdom is a big win for the White House — one his team must expand by getting more agreements inked, pronto.

With fine details still being ironed out, the deal will eliminate the 25% tariffs on UK aluminum and steel (while keeping the baseline 10% tariffs on all other goods in place), open up the UK market to more US-produced ethanol and beef and streamline the process for getting American-made goods through customs.

That’s great news for American farmers, and evidence that the president’s tariff-led economic approach can work.

The markets immediately perked up on news of the deal, with the Dow jumping over 200 points.

That the United Kingdom, our No. 1 European trading partner, was the first to agree to a deal — and under the lefty Labour leader Keir Starmer, too — should encourage other nations to move forward on accords of their own.

Team Trump mustn’t waste the opportunity.

Meanwhile, the White House is reportedly considering lowering the sky-high 145% China tariffs to around 50% as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launches talks with Beijing.

That would relieve some pressure on entrepreneurs; many small businesses can’t survive a prolonged, bitter trade war with Beijing.

But the way to boost economic confidence and usher in Trump’s promised “golden age” is to get more deals signed, sealed and delivered — before time runs out on the 90-day tariff pause.

There are 60 days left; the clock is ticking.

In mid-April, the White House said more than 75 countries had reached out to start the process, and 15 had gotten proposals on paper.

Trump undoubtedly wants these agreements to yield big results for the United States, but delays thanks to nitpicking could produce a big bad result first.

And that negative momentum could derail the drive to pass the “big, beautiful” tax-slashing bill — a failure that would surely send the economy (and the rest of Trump’s agenda) spiraling down.

The UK deal is a great first step in getting the momentum going in the right direction; let’s hope Team Trump can hit the accelerator.