STAND up to Donald Trump, don’t cosy up to him, Sir Keir Starmer was told today by trade campaigners.

But the Prime Minister literally crawled at the US president’s feet at the G7 summit in Canada as Mr Trump dropped Sir Keir’s coveted trade deal to the ground while signing it.

The leaders of the major imperialist powers likewise prostrated themselves before Israel, failing to condemn its aggression against Iran and committing to its “security.”

The US-Britain trade pact eliminates tariffs on aerospace exports to the United States and cuts those on the automotive sector to 10 per cent from 25 per cent.

However, there is no agreement yet on ending tariffs on steel, despite their being included in the original agreement trumpeted by Sir Keir last month.

When challenged about the omission, Mr Trump only said: “We’re going to let you have that information in a little while.”

And talking very much like a gangland boss, Mr Trump boosted the deal, saying: “The UK is very well protected. You know why? Because I like them — that’s their ultimate protection.”

Seema Syeda, of the campaign Global Justice Now, said: “While tariff reductions on the auto sector are to be implemented, this tariff deal is not a full trade treaty and as one government official has said, ‘everything is on the table’ in further negotiations yet to come. 

“The NHS, pharmaceuticals and so-called ‘non-tariff trade barriers’ like the digital services tax could all be on the chopping block. 

“Further, negotiations are occurring with little scrutiny and we have no idea what the government is promising behind closed doors to the authoritarian Trump. 

“At a time where he is egging on Israel’s war on Iran and genocide in Gaza, using the military on his own people, and threatening to colonise Canada and Greenland, Britain should be standing up to Trump — not cosying up to him.”

Indeed, the Premier showed no sign of resisting Israel’s aggression against Iran, joining the other powers in a bland call for de-escalation before Mr Trump quit the summit at speed.

“We, the leaders of the G7, reiterate our commitment to peace and stability in the Middle East,” the powers — between them guilty of multiple wars across the region — intoned.

They affirmed that “Israel has a right to defend itself. We reiterate our support for the security of Israel,” without extending similar rights to Iran, which the statement described as “the principal source of regional instability and terror.

“We have been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.

“We urge that the resolution of the Iranian crisis leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza.

“We will remain vigilant to the implications for international energy markets and stand ready to co-ordinate, including with like-minded partners, to safeguard market stability,” the leaders pledged in relation to what appeared to be their main anxiety.

Mr Trump’s early departure, purportedly to deal with the crisis in the Middle East, meant he missed a scheduled encounter with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The US president had earlier called for the readmission of Russia into the G7 group, from which it had been excluded after the conflict over Crimea in 2014, an invitation Mr Zelensky is unlikely to have endorsed.

Mr Trump said that the Russian exclusion had been “a big mistake” and asserted that the present Ukraine war would not be occurring had Vladimir Putin still been “at the table.”

Sir Keir naturally struck a different tone, pledging new sanctions against Russia and recommitting to the Aukus nuclear submarine pact with the US and Australia, which Washington is now reviewing.

The Prime Minister also met French President Emmanuel Macron, with whom he agreed “on the need to find a route to peace through diplomacy and dialogue.”

Alasdair McDiarmid, assistant general secretary of steel union Community, said it was “absolutely vital that a deal for steel is secured as soon as possible. Crucially, we must see a full exemption for all UK steel exports to the US — without that guarantee some of our leading steel businesses could be left behind, with a threat to jobs and livelihoods.”