Anything Trump does affects the whole planet. Unfortunately we deal with the effects but we don’t get a vote.
Without even getting into office yet, blame will be put on Trump. Trump tried to prevent the over exaggerated COVID hype but without the scientific evidence the world health organization, including the CDC broadcasted incorrect information and suppressed the scientific evidence stating otherwise.
The actions Trump may take with tariffs. will only effect the countries in that supply line of freight, no one else. To be inline with the current administration operating procedures; step 1: blame others. Step 2: if successful, take credit.
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I wouldn’t worry because it’s never his fault
If Trump put an across the board tariff on everything (which he won’t), China would be trying to unload merchandise for pennies on the dollar.
This also provides an incredible trade opportunity to negotiate mutually beneficial trade agreements among allies even…France.
Why so passive?
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Your comment was directed towards me, so I’ll ask, what are you talking about???
you said all the blame will be put on him. I replied no need to worry because it’s never his fault.
Everything he says is affecting the markets right now. Whatever the opportunities and whatever actually happens in the end, it’s still going to send shock waves through world economies. I’m not sure how much of UK trade is with Canada or Mexico but a recession in China will affect the UK as well as most developed nations.
Are you talking about the COVID, no it was not his fault! ???
no I am talking about everything.
Are you in agreement that COVID was nothing???
I wasn’t talking about covid…I was referencing only your first sentence “without even getting into office yet, blame will be put on Trump”
Oh, I thought you might be implying
Trump the saviour rising from the dead my mistake.
Hoping that U.S. elected a Democrat instead of a Republican is not a very good economic policy.
I have too much respect and affinity for the UK to believe that is the case.
You can hold on for the ride, or you can ride the wave and monopolize on it with your tremendous soft assets.
It is high time that the U.S. puts its citizens at the forefront of trade, the debt, and the deficit. Think there is a shockwave now? Imagine what will happen the day the U.S. can’t pay the service on its debt.
Shockwaves are unlikely, but no doubt there will be be waves - not as much from tariffs as from revised trade agreements. An example of that might be negotiating with China to purchase more Boeings (presuming they get their act together) and fewer Airbuses.
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Maybe but it ain’t always as simple as switching to local. Which company is going to look at Trump’s 4 year term and Trump’s impulsive actions and think “hey, lets spend millions shifting production back, training a new workforce and creating more expensive products - that will be a great long term investment”?
Don’t you live in cloud cuckoo land?
Trump isn’t truly affiliated with any political party. To him the party is just a vehicle for his rise to power and his own brand of politics.
The UK and many other western economies are not currently strong enough to ride any wave. The whole world continues to recover economically from the effects of Covid. The markets need stability and cooperation rather than posturing and drama from the world’s largest economy.
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It serves people right for being so reliant on other countries for their goods. Globalism is okay while there are no wars and other countries are providing cheap labour. Just buying off the cheapest world supplier does nobody any good, local employment, local crime (idle hands and all that) and bad for the environment - things sold cheaper than they are really worth.
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You are talking big multi national companies, I’m talking about restoring family run businesses who will be in it for the the long term. Government should be supporting small business and preventing monopolies from driving out jobs and skills.
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How’s inflation in France at the moment Lincs?
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I never understand people who ask a question online when, being online, they could simply google it. I presume you’ve asked rather than searched on google to make a point. Well, its not a very effective point as inflation in France is pretty much exactly the same as inflation in the UK.
But, I’d note that I read recently about someone waiting 3 years in the UK for a knee replacement op. A friend of mine in France took 2 months to decide exactly which surgeon and which hospital to use for a knee replacement, and then it took 6 weeks to get a date for surgery. After surgery she had a nurse visit daily for 2 weeks to change the dressings and a physio visit three time a week for a month. I wonder which country I would prefer for health requirements? Same inflation and a better quality of life. Not a hard decision at.
PS - 17 deg and bright sunshine today, perfect for a bit of gardening in shorts & t-shirt and a long dog walk. How’s the temperature in Yorkshire? (Yes, I could have looked it up on google but you know…)
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