On balance, I think it unlikely the UK escapes tariffs anywhere. Trump is a despotic lunatic. However, if the UK is very nimble it could profit from escaping this tariffpalooza by seeking to grow tra… (View Post)

Only the Lib Dems are actually proposing joining the customs union. That the EU is likely to be subject to US tariffs is no argument against improving the UK-EU trading arrangement. It may even be ar… (View Post)

@PierrePoilievre We must put CANADA FIRST. That is why Common Sense Conservatives condemn President Trump’s massive, unjust and unjustified tariffs on Canada’s already weak economy. Canada is the Uni… (View Post)

Paul Poilievre gave a good speech earlier outlining his own plan to respond to the imposition of tariffs. Tout de Canada seem united against Trump’s unwarranted aggression against a natural ally. It’… (View Post)

Nine years ago, maybe. Trump I started with various threats to Europe, and suspicions that he was in hoc to Russian money. Sadly the democracies did nothing, really, to respond or to prepare for Trum… (View Post)