The Dems also won a House race in Minnesota last light by 71-29, albeit that was a district that Harris won comfortably.
On the US House of Representatives, it's worth noting that the Democrats just lost a Congressman, as Sylvester Turner just passed away. It's a very safe district (the Dems carried it by 30 points in November), but that gives the Republicans a little bit of breathing room ahead of...
The two House of Representative Special Elections on April 1: when Florida's 1st and 6th Districts come into play. Both are very safe Republican districts (Trump +27 in the 1st, and Trump +28 in the 6th), and therefore it would take an extraordinary state of affairs (and a very low turnout ) for the Dems to capture either.
Much more at risk is the Elise Stefanik's District, where I suspect that her nomination for the role of Ambassador to the UN is about to be pulled. Fingers crossed it is not, because if she is appointed, then that could be a very close Special Election.
I get that UK is trying not to break the Ukrainian ming vase, but its unwillingness to vocally support Canada or even respond to US tariffs makes us look craven.
How often have the tariffs changed? Seems like every bloody day. Taking a bit of time and not just wading in seems a perfectly reasonable response. I'm also not sure what you want us to do re Canada? Issue a warning to the USA that unless they resile from their nasty words by 11 o'clock then we will be at war? As far as I can tell both the USA and Canada (and us, for that matter) are still all allies within NATO.
There are new global tariffs, including on the UK. The EU have already responded.
The French sent a nuclear submarine to Halifax, which was noted by the Canadians.
But what about the ones on Canada that are up and down more often than a frenchman's trousers in a brothel?
The issue is rather Trump’s ongoing rhetoric about Canadian sovereignty.
So what do you want the UK government to actually do?
Something symbolic, like the French action, or perhaps convene a UK + Canada + Scandinavian dialogue of Arctic security. Something like that.
Many Canadians want to know why there is no gesture at all from the UK.
Canada was too keen to take swipes against the UK during the Brexit negotiations.
I get that UK is trying not to break the Ukrainian ming vase, but its unwillingness to vocally support Canada or even respond to US tariffs makes us look craven.
How often have the tariffs changed? Seems like every bloody day. Taking a bit of time and not just wading in seems a perfectly reasonable response. I'm also not sure what you want us to do re Canada? Issue a warning to the USA that unless they resile from their nasty words by 11 o'clock then we will be at war? As far as I can tell both the USA and Canada (and us, for that matter) are still all allies within NATO.
There are new global tariffs, including on the UK. The EU have already responded.
The French sent a nuclear submarine to Halifax, which was noted by the Canadians.
But what about the ones on Canada that are up and down more often than a frenchman's trousers in a brothel?
The issue is rather Trump’s ongoing rhetoric about Canadian sovereignty.
So what do you want the UK government to actually do?
Something symbolic, like the French action, or perhaps convene a UK + Canada + Scandinavian dialogue of Arctic security. Something like that.
Many Canadians want to know why there is no gesture at all from the UK.
Canada was too keen to take swipes against the UK during the Brexit negotiations.
Ballyburn fluffed his lines in the 14:00 at Cheltenham. Jockey did well to stay on till the end.
Ballyburn Looked anxious in the paddock. 😔 its worst ever result was down to that. Champions tend to take paddock in their stride, this is where with ear pads in and hoods on to help. Of course horse been waiting for this, and felt pressure of being odds on favourite and having to deliver.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
Bill Kristol @BillKristol Trump's Tesla car lot stunt yesterday was so over the top that it felt like the kind of effusive demonstration of support for someone--Elon Musk--that often precedes tossing that someone overboard. And Wiles, Vought, and Miller are out to get him. I think they will.
Also the price of Republican winning party at next Presidential Election is slowly slipping. Now 1.88 Was 1.72. Still favourite though.
Yes: on Nate Silver's numbers, crossover has happened.
Which, given the Dems are invisible, is impressive.
Personally, I think people worry too much about "the Dems being invisible". I remember during the Biden years, people crowing about Trump speaking to empty stadium. It meant nothing.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
Unless more American consumers and companies buy more US made products
Sobering assessment of the current situation from Ryan McBeth. The TL:DR is that a lot of the problems were caused by the Biden administration in its cackhanded withdrawal from Afghanistan and abandonment of its Afghan allies, and that America is entirely right to focus on Pacific and insist Europe pay much more for its defence. But he also points out that if America gets a rep for acting pragmatically instead of morally, and leaving its allies in the lurch, then its allies will drift away to the detriment of all.
Yes - he has some very good points, and is pithy. Especially he gets into the unnecessary self-inflicted harm that the current administration is doing to the USA itself, including in international rep and loss of trust. He is good at opening other possibilities I had not considered on a couple of things.
He is superficial on some other things imo, which may be a result of lack of time and rushing to video - an example is the statement that he does not think Europe has built any new munitions plants. Anyone who follows Perun can probably find a list - we have 2 in this country which are new or expanded. Across Europe it is probably 15 or 20, depending on categories.
I don't agree with him on the Biden administration being responsible for the mess in Afghanistan; he inherited a dog's breakfast process that was already 2/3-3/4 through.
AFAICS it was Trump doing exactly what he had done in Ukraine - the Great Dealmaker had ignored everyone (allies, US army, Iran, Afghan Government) and gone straight to the enemy, and been taken to the cleaners making an impossible agreement. In Afghanistan Trump had Qasem Soleimani, head of 1/5 of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, the Taliban's backers, killed a few weeks before talking to the Taliban so there was a bounty on US soldiers' heads, and when he had his agreement in place the US Army did not even know what was in it.
Essentially he sold the farm, then ran away like the reckless incompetent he is - leaving other people to clear up the mess at a cost he did not give a toss about.
I'm pleased that in Ukraine the UK / De and Fr have managed to get a cease fire agreement proposal in place that includes for example prisoners and stolen children. Even if it is rejected, the agenda is now far more realistic, and Trump can't throw Ukr under the bus quite so easily.
Bill Kristol @BillKristol Trump's Tesla car lot stunt yesterday was so over the top that it felt like the kind of effusive demonstration of support for someone--Elon Musk--that often precedes tossing that someone overboard. And Wiles, Vought, and Miller are out to get him. I think they will.
I get that UK is trying not to break the Ukrainian ming vase, but its unwillingness to vocally support Canada or even respond to US tariffs makes us look craven.
How often have the tariffs changed? Seems like every bloody day. Taking a bit of time and not just wading in seems a perfectly reasonable response. I'm also not sure what you want us to do re Canada? Issue a warning to the USA that unless they resile from their nasty words by 11 o'clock then we will be at war? As far as I can tell both the USA and Canada (and us, for that matter) are still all allies within NATO.
There are new global tariffs, including on the UK. The EU have already responded.
The French sent a nuclear submarine to Halifax, which was noted by the Canadians.
But what about the ones on Canada that are up and down more often than a frenchman's trousers in a brothel?
The issue is rather Trump’s ongoing rhetoric about Canadian sovereignty.
So what do you want the UK government to actually do?
Something symbolic, like the French action, or perhaps convene a UK + Canada + Scandinavian dialogue of Arctic security. Something like that.
Many Canadians want to know why there is no gesture at all from the UK.
Canada was too keen to take swipes against the UK during the Brexit negotiations.
People's views can change. After all, they were nowhere near as keen to 'take swipes against the UK during the Brexit negotiations' as you were.
Yes views can change, especially when they suddenly need our support.
Why does William need our support?
Is William a ‘they’ ?
In the same way SeanT is?
I am he as you are he, as you are me, and we are all together
Inevitably...
Doctor Two: Not... Not just Time Lords, we're the same Time Lord. Doctor Three: Please you're only confusing my assistant. Jo, it's all quite simple. I am he and he is me... Jo Grant (interrupting): And "...we are all together koo koo kachoo"?
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
I could really do with the media introducing rationing. There is so much Trump news - exactly as he likes it, flooding the zone - that it’s hard to focus on anything long term.
Perhaps 5 minutes of Trump news once a week, on Fridays as a kind of Trump digest at the end of a bulletin.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
The problem for the UK afaics is that countries locked out of the USA will now send their steel here and dump it, which *will* damage our industry. Do we have short term measures in place to prevent that?
AFAICS the Govt response is "but we are investing £2.5bn in steel to promote the industry". I can't think of a better way of making sure that that investment is wasted.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
The problem for the UK afaics is that countries locked out of the USA will now send their steel here and dump it, which *will* damage our industry. Do we have short term measures in place to prevent that?
AFAICS the Govt response is "but we are investing £2.5bn in steel to promote the industry". I can't think of a better way of making sure that that investment is wasted.
Depends whether it helps or hurts us in the round. In sectors where we import more than we export, dumping may damage certain businesses but benefit the economy overall.
In some commodity types it’s 100% a win because we don’t make the product here. Mexican avocados. Tequila. Heavy crude. Maple syrup. Strong bread flour.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
I could really do with the media introducing rationing. There is so much Trump news - exactly as he likes it, flooding the zone - that it’s hard to focus on anything long term.
Perhaps 5 minutes of Trump news once a week, on Fridays as a kind of Trump digest at the end of a bulletin.
Times Radio have an ~15 minute "Trump Report" every day .
Or you can follow Meidas Touch and get 30 minutes every hour !
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
I could really do with the media introducing rationing. There is so much Trump news - exactly as he likes it, flooding the zone - that it’s hard to focus on anything long term.
Perhaps 5 minutes of Trump news once a week, on Fridays as a kind of Trump digest at the end of a bulletin.
Times Radio have an ~15 minute "Trump Report" every day .
Or you can follow Meidas Touch and get 30 minutes every hour !
5 minutes per week. Max.
And they should give Trump the Gerry Adam’s treatment. Words voiced by an actor.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
The problem for the UK afaics is that countries locked out of the USA will now send their steel here and dump it, which *will* damage our industry. Do we have short term measures in place to prevent that?
AFAICS the Govt response is "but we are investing £2.5bn in steel to promote the industry". I can't think of a better way of making sure that that investment is wasted.
You have to remember that 10-100x more people work in industries that use steel, than working making it. So the car industry - for example - will suddenly have cheaper steel and aluminium prices than it used to, making its product more affordable. And new housing will now cost less to build too.
Will there be some job losses in the UK steel industry? Sure.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
The problem for the UK afaics is that countries locked out of the USA will now send their steel here and dump it, which *will* damage our industry. Do we have short term measures in place to prevent that?
AFAICS the Govt response is "but we are investing £2.5bn in steel to promote the industry". I can't think of a better way of making sure that that investment is wasted.
Depends whether it helps or hurts us in the round. In sectors where we import more than we export, dumping may damage certain businesses but benefit the economy overall.
In some commodity types it’s 100% a win because we don’t make the product here. Mexican avocados. Tequila. Heavy crude. Maple syrup. Strong bread flour.
(Point of order, because North Sea crude was typically pretty light, we only have limited heavy oil refining capability. Only Phillips 66’s Humber Refinery really has the ability to benefit.)
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
The problem for the UK afaics is that countries locked out of the USA will now send their steel here and dump it, which *will* damage our industry. Do we have short term measures in place to prevent that?
AFAICS the Govt response is "but we are investing £2.5bn in steel to promote the industry". I can't think of a better way of making sure that that investment is wasted.
Depends whether it helps or hurts us in the round. In sectors where we import more than we export, dumping may damage certain businesses but benefit the economy overall.
In some commodity types it’s 100% a win because we don’t make the product here. Mexican avocados. Tequila. Heavy crude. Maple syrup. Strong bread flour.
(Point of order, because North Sea crude was typically pretty light, we only have limited heavy oil refining capability.)
Fair point, and I don’t think we import much at the moment (probably more by value than maple syrup mind).
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
I think the UK assumes it won't be left with tariffs that the EU doesn't also have. It's kind of freeloading on the EU counter measures in that case.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
Unless more American consumers and companies buy more US made products
You seem to be under the delusion that there are thousands of empty US factories just ready to supply more [x].
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
I could really do with the media introducing rationing. There is so much Trump news - exactly as he likes it, flooding the zone - that it’s hard to focus on anything long term.
Perhaps 5 minutes of Trump news once a week, on Fridays as a kind of Trump digest at the end of a bulletin.
Times Radio have an ~15 minute "Trump Report" every day .
Or you can follow Meidas Touch and get 30 minutes every hour !
5 minutes per week. Max.
And they should give Trump the Gerry Adam’s treatment. Words voiced by an actor.
Sean Connery: "Be careful what you shoot at, Ryan. Most things in here don't react well to bullets!"
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
I think the UK assumes it won't be left with tariffs that the EU doesn't also have. It's kind of freeloading on the EU counter measures in that case.
In any case, if you are in favour of free(ish) trade, is the correct response to tariffs counter-tariffs?
From the MAGA idiots that bang on about free speech!
I think he's missed a few points out there, which make the behaviour of the authorities even more dangerous:
1 - AIUI he is being described as having displayed Hamas symbols, which is alleged to be support for a designated terrorist organisation. I have not seen a report on that, so I do not know what he did precisely - but it sounds like protected speech unless he was making threats or using "fighting words".
2 - He is in Louisiana because he was transported there from New York by the authorities, which is where Columbia University is. Louisiana has a Republican-centric, rather than liberal, set of judges and appeal circuit - so it makes a material difference to the outcome.
3 - The protests for which he was arrested on March 8th were held last summer, so there is a time delay. At that time he *was* a student, and has (again iirc) achieved his Masters since.
4 - He has been arrested as a result of a Trump Executive Order, so there is also the possible issue of retrospective application of a changed legal standard (iirc it is an Act in place, but which they have determined to enforce more rigorously).
5 - There is already a Court Order in place in a NY Court ordering him not to be deported unless that NY Court consents.
6 - I have no idea how jurisdiction works, or whether Louisiana can claim it, but imo it is clearly another one of Trump's "create facts on the ground before anyone stops us, and make it irreversible" playbooks. In this case they wanted him out of the country.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
The problem for the UK afaics is that countries locked out of the USA will now send their steel here and dump it, which *will* damage our industry. Do we have short term measures in place to prevent that?
AFAICS the Govt response is "but we are investing £2.5bn in steel to promote the industry". I can't think of a better way of making sure that that investment is wasted.
Our steel industry was already suffering from the glut in China (plus our high energy costs). I think we have some protectionist measures that will end next year?
Importing cheap steel isn't necessarily an issue, as long as it continues to be from friendly EU countries as it is now and we retain our ability to make the fancier stuff. Our economic/security relationship with Turkey looks increasingly important too.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
Unless more American consumers and companies buy more US made products
You seem to be under the delusion that there are thousands of empty US factories just ready to supply more [x].
There really aren't.
That's the bit I just don't get about Trump - there are spare factories or indeed workers for the mythical work he is supposedly bring back to America.
So if Trump wants to get "his" ceasefire, he has to help stop the Russian advance.
It's almost like everything the rest of the world has been trying to tell Trump is correct. Russia wants to take over all of Ukraine and nothing is going to stop Putin.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
I could really do with the media introducing rationing. There is so much Trump news - exactly as he likes it, flooding the zone - that it’s hard to focus on anything long term.
Perhaps 5 minutes of Trump news once a week, on Fridays as a kind of Trump digest at the end of a bulletin.
Times Radio have an ~15 minute "Trump Report" every day .
Or you can follow Meidas Touch and get 30 minutes every hour !
5 minutes per week. Max.
And they should give Trump the Gerry Adam’s treatment. Words voiced by an actor.
The only problem with that is when Sarah Smith does it on the Beeb, she sounds even more enthusiastic with his BS than he does.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
I think the UK assumes it won't be left with tariffs that the EU doesn't also have. It's kind of freeloading on the EU counter measures in that case.
In any case, if you are in favour of free(ish) trade, is the correct response to tariffs counter-tariffs?
If you are in favour of free-ish trade the purpose of counter measures is to force the other side to remove their tariffs. Which does seem to have some effect, as we have seen with Canada.
If the UK chooses not to impose counter measures like everyone else it's because it doesn't see any point.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
The problem for the UK afaics is that countries locked out of the USA will now send their steel here and dump it, which *will* damage our industry. Do we have short term measures in place to prevent that?
AFAICS the Govt response is "but we are investing £2.5bn in steel to promote the industry". I can't think of a better way of making sure that that investment is wasted.
Depends whether it helps or hurts us in the round. In sectors where we import more than we export, dumping may damage certain businesses but benefit the economy overall.
In some commodity types it’s 100% a win because we don’t make the product here. Mexican avocados. Tequila. Heavy crude. Maple syrup. Strong bread flour.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
I could really do with the media introducing rationing. There is so much Trump news - exactly as he likes it, flooding the zone - that it’s hard to focus on anything long term.
Perhaps 5 minutes of Trump news once a week, on Fridays as a kind of Trump digest at the end of a bulletin.
Times Radio have an ~15 minute "Trump Report" every day .
Or you can follow Meidas Touch and get 30 minutes every hour !
5 minutes per week. Max.
And they should give Trump the Gerry Adam’s treatment. Words voiced by an actor.
Ros Atkins does periodic 1-2 minute items, but not I think a summary:
I think I need someone to explain the significance of the Greenland election result to me.
Greenland politics is split between those who want independence from Denmark now and those like St Augustine who want independence, but not yet. The not-yet-ers have won a surprise victory.
If the choice is only between Trump's America or Denmark, I mean who wouldn't choose Denmark?
To me the most interesting fact about the election was that the total vote was just 28 thousand, smaller than a single constituency in the UK.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
I think the UK assumes it won't be left with tariffs that the EU doesn't also have. It's kind of freeloading on the EU counter measures in that case.
In any case, if you are in favour of free(ish) trade, is the correct response to tariffs counter-tariffs?
If you are in favour of free-ish trade the purpose of counter measures is to force the other side to remove their tariffs. Which does seem to have some effect, as we have seen with Canada.
If the UK chooses not to impose counter measures like everyone else it's because it doesn't see any point.
We're the only country not being hypocritical. If you say that tariffs only hurt your own consumers and businesses, why retaliate against a country that is supposedly only harming itself?
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
I think the UK assumes it won't be left with tariffs that the EU doesn't also have. It's kind of freeloading on the EU counter measures in that case.
In any case, if you are in favour of free(ish) trade, is the correct response to tariffs counter-tariffs?
If you are in favour of free-ish trade the purpose of counter measures is to force the other side to remove their tariffs. Which does seem to have some effect, as we have seen with Canada.
If the UK chooses not to impose counter measures like everyone else it's because it doesn't see any point.
We're the only country not being hypocritical. If you say that tariffs only hurt your own consumers and businesses, why retaliate against a country that is supposedly only harming itself?
Because that is not accurate. It hurts both sides. We lose sales and Americans go without or pay more elsewhere or get a lower quality product from elsewhere. The only time it has no impact on us is if Americans still buy as much from us and then it is just American consumers who get hit, although the American govt gets extra revenue.
Normally it is a mix of everything so bad news all around.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
Is it worth it? The US represents only 7% of our steel exports (though that's tonnes, not value), and from memory a lot of that is defence related, stainless steel etc. We help construct their missile tubes in Rosyth, for example, though I'm not sure if that is being hit by tariffs.
That isn't the kind of relationship we should burn lightly, so I hope we can arrange some sort of deal.
It's not worth anyone responding: the reality is that these tariffs will raise consumer prices in the US, and dent US exports. Just like the steel tariffs implemented by Bush Sr in the last 1980s, they will result primarily in damage to the US economy. (An analysis of the tariffs concluded they led to 200,000 US job losses.)
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
Unless more American consumers and companies buy more US made products
You seem to be under the delusion that there are thousands of empty US factories just ready to supply more [x].
There really aren't.
Import substitution takes time. And it's a lot easier to do this sort of stuff than (eg) bringing back textile manufacturing...
Rheinmetall's new 155mm plant in Unterlüß, Lower Saxony, is due to be completed next month.
Will probably add annual production capacity of ~50,000/y initially, bringing Rheinmetall's global total up to at least 800,000/y by year end.
Will produce 100,000/y in 2026 & eventually double to 200,000/y.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
I think the UK assumes it won't be left with tariffs that the EU doesn't also have. It's kind of freeloading on the EU counter measures in that case.
In any case, if you are in favour of free(ish) trade, is the correct response to tariffs counter-tariffs?
If you are in favour of free-ish trade the purpose of counter measures is to force the other side to remove their tariffs. Which does seem to have some effect, as we have seen with Canada.
If the UK chooses not to impose counter measures like everyone else it's because it doesn't see any point.
We're the only country not being hypocritical. If you say that tariffs only hurt your own consumers and businesses, why retaliate against a country that is supposedly only harming itself?
Because that is not accurate. It hurts both sides. We lose sales and Americans go without or pay more elsewhere or get a lower quality product from elsewhere. The only time it has no impact on us is if Americans still buy as much from us and then it is just American consumers who get hit, although the American govt gets extra revenue.
Normally it is a mix of everything so bad news all around.
You could make the "bad news all around" argument about any tax at all.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
I think the UK assumes it won't be left with tariffs that the EU doesn't also have. It's kind of freeloading on the EU counter measures in that case.
In any case, if you are in favour of free(ish) trade, is the correct response to tariffs counter-tariffs?
If you are in favour of free-ish trade the purpose of counter measures is to force the other side to remove their tariffs. Which does seem to have some effect, as we have seen with Canada.
If the UK chooses not to impose counter measures like everyone else it's because it doesn't see any point.
We're the only country not being hypocritical. If you say that tariffs only hurt your own consumers and businesses, why retaliate against a country that is supposedly only harming itself?
But the Corn Laws and the Irish Cattle Acts were the cornerstone of English and Scottish financial power in the Eighteenth Century. They gave wealth to the Yeoman, Husbandman class. It was only later that the freeholds were bought out by aristocrats.
Free Trade was a reality under EFTA but much less so in the Common Market. Free Trade within the EC was very much a fiction as far as UK farmers were concerned, especially for cattle from 1996 onwards. We have also closed our market to meat from Germany and now Hungary, quite rightly with FMD on the prowl over there.
What had Free Trade done for the UK since 1973 - well it has destroyed the native ash tree and a lot of oaks aren't in a good way.
'“We don’t think it’s constructive to stand here today and say what we’re going to do if Russia says no,” Rubio said, adding he wanted to avoid statements about Russia that “are abrasive in any way.”' apnews.com/article/russ...
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the senior Democratic senator from New Hampshire, has announced she will not run for reelection in 2026, creating an open-seat race in a battleground state former Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly carried in November.
The arrested master of the Solong, a container ship that crashed into another vessel in the North Sea, is a Russian national, its management company has confirmed.
So if Trump wants to get "his" ceasefire, he has to help stop the Russian advance.
Or convince the Ukrainians to make further concessions. It's no surprise the Russians would initially reject, they'll be wanting more. They always do. I'm unsure where this is all headed.
Just walking up to the news of global (not just EU and UK) aluminium and steel tariffs, “including products that contain these metals such as window frames and cooking pots”.
Yes, the UK should retaliate - it’s not personal. Choose a sector Britain would prefer to encourage domestic production and which is subject to significant U.S. competition.
I think the UK assumes it won't be left with tariffs that the EU doesn't also have. It's kind of freeloading on the EU counter measures in that case.
In any case, if you are in favour of free(ish) trade, is the correct response to tariffs counter-tariffs?
If you are in favour of free-ish trade the purpose of counter measures is to force the other side to remove their tariffs. Which does seem to have some effect, as we have seen with Canada.
If the UK chooses not to impose counter measures like everyone else it's because it doesn't see any point.
We're the only country not being hypocritical. If you say that tariffs only hurt your own consumers and businesses, why retaliate against a country that is supposedly only harming itself?
Because that is not accurate. It hurts both sides. We lose sales and Americans go without or pay more elsewhere or get a lower quality product from elsewhere. The only time it has no impact on us is if Americans still buy as much from us and then it is just American consumers who get hit, although the American govt gets extra revenue.
Normally it is a mix of everything so bad news all around.
You could make the "bad news all around" argument about any tax at all.
Nope. This is bad news all round. I mean, give me an upside to the specific scenario you raised?
However other taxes or even tariffs usually have pros and cons to them eg taxes to provide services or tariffs to stop dumping. You might not agree with a tax or tariff, but there is usually a counter argument. However your statement that only one side is harmed isn't true unless the supplier country is still able to provide the same level of goods after the tariff and if that is the case then the tariff you have imposed is entirely and only self harming.
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On the US House of Representatives, it's worth noting that the Democrats just lost a Congressman, as Sylvester Turner just passed away. It's a very safe district (the Dems carried it by 30 points in November), but that gives the Republicans a little bit of breathing room ahead of...
The two House of Representative Special Elections on April 1: when Florida's 1st and 6th Districts come into play. Both are very safe Republican districts (Trump +27 in the 1st, and Trump +28 in the 6th), and therefore it would take an extraordinary state of affairs (and a very low turnout ) for the Dems to capture either.
Much more at risk is the Elise Stefanik's District, where I suspect that her nomination for the role of Ambassador to the UN is about to be pulled. Fingers crossed it is not, because if she is appointed, then that could be a very close Special Election.
Champions tend to take paddock in their stride, this is where with ear pads in and hoods on to help. Of course horse been waiting for this, and felt pressure of being odds on favourite and having to deliver.
Very awkward.
Everybody should just ignore the Trump administration: don't engage, don't respond and concentrate on increasing domestic demand.
Bill Kristol
@BillKristol
Trump's Tesla car lot stunt yesterday was so over the top that it felt like the kind of effusive demonstration of support for someone--Elon Musk--that often precedes tossing that someone overboard. And Wiles, Vought, and Miller are out to get him. I think they will.
https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1899790294247215350
He is superficial on some other things imo, which may be a result of lack of time and rushing to video - an example is the statement that he does not think Europe has built any new munitions plants. Anyone who follows Perun can probably find a list - we have 2 in this country which are new or expanded. Across Europe it is probably 15 or 20, depending on categories.
I don't agree with him on the Biden administration being responsible for the mess in Afghanistan; he inherited a dog's breakfast process that was already 2/3-3/4 through.
AFAICS it was Trump doing exactly what he had done in Ukraine - the Great Dealmaker had ignored everyone (allies, US army, Iran, Afghan Government) and gone straight to the enemy, and been taken to the cleaners making an impossible agreement. In Afghanistan Trump had Qasem Soleimani, head of 1/5 of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, the Taliban's backers, killed a few weeks before talking to the Taliban so there was a bounty on US soldiers' heads, and when he had his agreement in place the US Army did not even know what was in it.
Essentially he sold the farm, then ran away like the reckless incompetent he is - leaving other people to clear up the mess at a cost he did not give a toss about.
I'm pleased that in Ukraine the UK / De and Fr have managed to get a cease fire agreement proposal in place that includes for example prisoners and stolen children. Even if it is rejected, the agenda is now far more realistic, and Trump can't throw Ukr under the bus quite so easily.
He should have said Trump did a car stunt with his star cu…
Doctor Two: Not... Not just Time Lords, we're the same Time Lord.
Doctor Three: Please you're only confusing my assistant. Jo, it's all quite simple. I am he and he is me...
Jo Grant (interrupting): And "...we are all together koo koo kachoo"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbnWmR7piEg&t=106s
Perhaps 5 minutes of Trump news once a week, on Fridays as a kind of Trump digest at the end of a bulletin.
AFAICS the Govt response is "but we are investing £2.5bn in steel to promote the industry". I can't think of a better way of making sure that that investment is wasted.
In some commodity types it’s 100% a win because we don’t make the product here. Mexican avocados. Tequila. Heavy crude. Maple syrup. Strong bread flour.
Or you can follow Meidas Touch and get 30 minutes every hour !
And they should give Trump the Gerry Adam’s treatment. Words voiced by an actor.
Will there be some job losses in the UK steel industry? Sure.
But overall the country will benefit.
There really aren't.
Alec Baldwin: "Be careful what *I* shoot at??"
@Ayjchan
German intelligence now assesses a 80-95% likelihood of a lab origin of Covid-19."
https://x.com/Ayjchan/status/1899817039474176351
1 - AIUI he is being described as having displayed Hamas symbols, which is alleged to be support for a designated terrorist organisation. I have not seen a report on that, so I do not know what he did precisely - but it sounds like protected speech unless he was making threats or using "fighting words".
2 - He is in Louisiana because he was transported there from New York by the authorities, which is where Columbia University is. Louisiana has a Republican-centric, rather than liberal, set of judges and appeal circuit - so it makes a material difference to the outcome.
3 - The protests for which he was arrested on March 8th were held last summer, so there is a time delay. At that time he *was* a student, and has (again iirc) achieved his Masters since.
4 - He has been arrested as a result of a Trump Executive Order, so there is also the possible issue of retrospective application of a changed legal standard (iirc it is an Act in place, but which they have determined to enforce more rigorously).
5 - There is already a Court Order in place in a NY Court ordering him not to be deported unless that NY Court consents.
6 - I have no idea how jurisdiction works, or whether Louisiana can claim it, but imo it is clearly another one of Trump's "create facts on the ground before anyone stops us, and make it irreversible" playbooks. In this case they wanted him out of the country.
Importing cheap steel isn't necessarily an issue, as long as it continues to be from friendly EU countries as it is now and we retain our ability to make the fancier stuff. Our economic/security relationship with Turkey looks increasingly important too.
Among 2024 Reform UK voters
Favourable: 73% (-13 from 4-5 Mar)
Unfavourable: 23% (+11)
Net: +50 (-24)
https://x.com/YouGov/status/1899792409673797977
If the UK chooses not to impose counter measures like everyone else it's because it doesn't see any point.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cln24lkdm2xt
If the choice is only between Trump's America or Denmark, I mean who wouldn't choose Denmark?
To me the most interesting fact about the election was that the total vote was just 28 thousand, smaller than a single constituency in the UK.
Normally it is a mix of everything so bad news all around.
And it's a lot easier to do this sort of stuff than (eg) bringing back textile manufacturing...
Rheinmetall's new 155mm plant in Unterlüß, Lower Saxony, is due to be completed next month.
Will probably add annual production capacity of ~50,000/y initially, bringing Rheinmetall's global total up to at least 800,000/y by year end.
Will produce 100,000/y in 2026 & eventually double to 200,000/y.
F-35 centre fuselage production will also begin this year, and ground will be broken on a new solid rocket motor production plant...
https://x.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1899843938019660167
Free Trade was a reality under EFTA but much less so in the Common Market. Free Trade within the EC was very much a fiction as far as UK farmers were concerned, especially for cattle from 1996 onwards. We have also closed our market to meat from Germany and now Hungary, quite rightly with FMD on the prowl over there.
What had Free Trade done for the UK since 1973 - well it has destroyed the native ash tree and a lot of oaks aren't in a good way.
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'“We don’t think it’s constructive to stand here today and say what we’re going to do if Russia says no,” Rubio said, adding he wanted to avoid statements about Russia that “are abrasive in any way.”' apnews.com/article/russ...
The Hill
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/12/captain-arrested-over-uk-ship-collision-is-russian-owner-says
The arrested master of the Solong, a container ship that crashed into another vessel in the North Sea, is a Russian national, its management company has confirmed.
https://bsky.app/profile/irhottakes.bsky.social/post/3lk6vhsgcbs2n
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"We are fighting for our independence. Therefore, we will not recognize any territories occupied by Russia." - Zelenskyy.
However other taxes or even tariffs usually have pros and cons to them eg taxes to provide services or tariffs to stop dumping. You might not agree with a tax or tariff, but there is usually a counter argument. However your statement that only one side is harmed isn't true unless the supplier country is still able to provide the same level of goods after the tariff and if that is the case then the tariff you have imposed is entirely and only self harming.