British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has announced it will "pause" all shipments to the US as it works to "address the new trading terms" after a 25% levy on car imports came into force, one of several measures announced by US President Donald Trump that have sent shockwaves through global supply chains, leaving residents across British car-manufacturing towns anxious.

Trump's tariffs are already hitting Britain's car industry hard. With 200,000 people working in the sector across the UK, car-manufacturing towns fear the economic impact on their communities due to job losses.

The United States is the second-biggest importer of British-made cars after the European Union, but some, like Chris Southworth, the UK's International Chamber of Commerce secretary general, see the current dispute as a chance to re-focus British trade strategy.

"Well, you've got to remember that there are lots of other big markets out there. If you look at Latin America, which the UK these days doesn't trade that much with, but used to trade a lot more with, it's a huge market, almost double the size of the US. So, you know, the US is not the only market in the world. Africa will be the biggest consumer market in the world in the next 10,15, or 20 years, and it has one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. So there are lots of opportunities out there, it's not all about the US."

As the dust begins to settle, the British government has vowed to help shelter businesses, while it tries to secure a trade deal with Washington.