UK, US have 'more serious work to do' on trade, British official says

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The United States and the United Kingdom have more serious work to do on liberalizing trade, a British official said on Thursday, after the two allies announced a limited bilateral trade deal that leaves in place U.S. President Donald Trump's 10% tariffs on British exports.

The official told reporters that the United States had also pushed for a restructuring of Britain's digital services tax, but that was not agreed to in the trade deal. The official said that Washington could revisit the issue, but there was no agreed process for doing so.

"This is not a finished, classic 'bells and whistles' free trade agreement. It started off as a tactical response to President Trump's tariffs, but actually morphed into a more substantive trade deal," the official said. "And it will be built on. ... We've done the Oval Office, now we've got more serious work to do."