Not really. When I was young the trade deficit was a monthly news item, the amount of currency you could take out of the country was restricted and even when nationalised companies were sold the gove… (View Post)

30 years of deficits manifest. But the trade deficit doesn't matter, according to Gordon Brown and all of his successors. (View Post)

The deal that Carney did a couple of days ago with China will basically be the end of US exports of vehicles to Canada and lead to the loss of thousands of jobs in the US. Carney is redirecting his c… (View Post)

It is small steps but the comment at the end "On this I agree with Keir Starmer" is telling. The UK political establishment is very slowly coming to terms with the fact that the US are no l… (View Post)

And people say Trump doesn't have a sense of humour. (View Post)