Two thoughts on the Trump tariff threat re: Canada and Mexico.
1) There's a plucky island kingdom off the coast of France that can tell Trump all about what happens when you suddenly intorduce costs and friction to decades old supply chains with your neighbours.
1) There's a plucky island kingdom off the coast of France that can tell Trump all about what happens when you suddenly intorduce costs and friction to decades old supply chains with your neighbours.
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NHS?
Canada and finalise CETA.
Not that it will help us any
That said it wouldn't preclude a company from TAKING a dispute, it would just mean they'd have to somehow prove the environmental regulation in question wasn't legitimate (good luck).
Mexico+Canada/US GDP is 17%, same as UK/EU.
rubber ducked.
But I guess if he carries through deportations they won't have workers for new jobs.
I know for a fact Thiel does, he wrote the fwd on this book.
So, what will matter more, immigration (I.e backs down on tariffs if volumes go down) or protectionism (keep tariffs)?
The only problem is that it's about as subtle as a 5 year old with chocolate smeared over their face denying knowledge of where the cookies went - I don't see how anyone in Mexico/Canada wouldn't realise.
Best to simply wait and see what he does when they don't rush to pre-empt?
Or is it better to look at him as a man who'll be desperate to pretend to have gotten Amazin Concessions and so play along with something token?
It is completely bonkers, but as everything else is too, it may just work
Now imagine how many more typos you could spot if you actually read my book.
The Grand bargain is we make you rich and you accept the party.
For good
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff#History
One guy bet against the £ big time , made 100's of millions.
Farage's backer no less
Bit of the Rees-Mogg workhouse boss about him
WTF has that hot mess got in common with working class people ?
The ultra stupid like him as they have another poor person to look down on and blame but that's a minority