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I can’t speak for individual countries, but from past experiences, India, Canada, China, Australia and the EU are a lot more protectionist than the US. So there’s a legitimate argument to correct that imbalance. The confusing and counterproductive elements of the policy is where they’ve imposed...

That’s your spin. The US tariffs are half of what is currently imposed by the nations impacted in the case of India, Canada, China, Mexico and the EU. Hence we get off lightly because our trade tariff regimes are liberalised. The green subsidies Biden implemented were designed to prise...

That’s not a guarantee. The EU will escalate the trade war and the changing of the president doesn’t necessarily mean the trade war will end immediately. The current status quo of allowing China to dominate manufacturing isn’t good geopolitically for ‘The West’ as a whole.

In this context, trade policy was dictated by the EU. If the EU decides to issue retaliatory tariffs on the US, Britain would have to follow suit which is what happened between 2016 and 2020 when the EU and US had a spat over steel and aluminium products.

This is an over simplification. Our single biggest trade partner is the US and has been for a while and our trade with the EU was declining steadily from the 1990s. Take a look at where most of the products in your house were produced, it’s more likely to manufactured in China, Vietnam...

Bristol took the piss! 😂 I nearly bought Burnley tickets just for the points because it was available up to an hour before KO. Blackburn away I bought because it was cheap and ended up going anyway. There will be pockets of incidents, but nothing systematic. For example, Plymouth away I was...

It’s a myth that there’s widespread buying of tickets for points only! If you’re on 1600+ points, you’ve done the hard yards following the club!

If you’re gambling man, put money on the EU issuing more tit for tat retaliatory tariffs in place on the US…

Unlikely because Trump has set the stall out. The new package of duties are half what other 3rd countries charge the US. That suggests that these new rates are an opening gambit; drop your tariffs on us and we’ll follow suit and if you don’t, we’ll ratchet the duty rates higher. Pragmatically...

Preface: I was a Remainer and advocate for a 2nd referendum. Brexit has happened and we’re 5 years into a project that’s readjusting from a 50 year status quo. A few people on here and social media think rejoining is this magic thing that will cure Britain’s ills. It’s not and if it was, why...

If Trump’s tariffs are long standing, it might actually turn out to be the biggest Brexit dividend. Particularly if we secure a trade deal. It puts the UK in a unique position to potentially attract US and EU companies to set up in the UK to avoid the other’s retaliatory tariff regimes. It’s...

Wilson and Collins are both in the bottom 10-15 goalkeepers in the league, it’s a massive downgrade from Dovin to be honest but that’s outside of our control (unlike when Lampard first came in). That said, to put a positive spin on things, Collins was in goal during that freakish spell we...

I’d love to see Luton, Hull and/or Cardiff go down. Eustace is a good problem solver, the only question mark over him atm is whether or not he can make a long term impact on a club.

We’ve been linked with a GK already so imagine there’s serious plans to get better coverage/competition in the squad. Especially now we won’t have Dovin for much of next season either.

McSheffrey…

You’re right, my bad. If we’re looking more broadly at the wider automobile market, there’s a trade imbalance still. Light trucks and vans make up a relatively small market share.

Watching the game in the uni library doing my dissertation. 100% regret not being there.

Why?

As part of the new measures, yes. Pre-Liberation Day that figure was one tenth of that. Does this sentiment apply to the EU and Indiawho imposes high tariffs?

I’d be surprised if that’s under serious consideration. It’s a pipe dream and nothing more of the American Right. The stated aims Trump has outlined is: - bring manufacturing jobs to America - trade equalisation / revenge - lowering tariffs It’s a bit all over the place but given that the US...