Now Trump is targeting the U.K. with tarriffs how should Sir Keir handle a response?

It’s not personal. It’s business. I don’t blame Trump.
Tariffs starting midnight.

China’s in trouble now. No wonder they’re buddying up with Japan & North Korea.

The EU slap tariffs on America of 39%
Trump is reciprocating with 20%

The UK charge America 10%
He’s going to charge us 10%

Giving everyone chance to play fair? He says America has been ripped off for too long.

Well 10% for the UK, 20% for the EU.
Put that on the side of a bus. 😁

I think what he has done is quite fair.
A lot of countries are being charged half the amount of tariffs they impose on the US.

Ours though is a reciprocal amount which is a shame, but he was elected on his pledge to put his country first, and that’s what he seems to be doing.

Heard and McDonald Islands: just 10 percent

But no-one lives there anyway.

Wait until the awful man decides we should belong to the US as a new state

FriedGreenTomatoes2

China’s in trouble now. No wonder they’re buddying up with Japan & North Korea.

The EU slap tariffs on America of 39%
Trump is reciprocating with 20%

The UK charge America 10%
He’s going to charge us 10%

Giving everyone chance to play fair? He says America has been ripped off for too long.

Please could posters be accurate.

Trump isn't charging us 10%. He's charging American consumers 10% to import from the UK. And vice versa. There's a difference!

When mistakes like this are made, it's no wonder the MAGA voters think they're going to get rich. They're the ones who will be paying the tariffs.

Top Democrats are criticizing Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs”, saying they’ll hurt working class Americans.

“Trump’s short-sighted tariff plan won’t rebuild American manufacturing or help working families get ahead,” said senator Ron Wyden of Oregon. “It’s a tax on almost everything families buy, so Trump can give his billionaire friends a tax cut.”

“The president is risking a recession with this national sales tax he calls tariffs – while needlessly alienating our closest allies,” senator Dick Durbin of Illinois added. “When American families see what this does to the price of goods, such as cars, groceries and gas, it is going to create a negative economic force across this country and cost a lot of American jobs.”

(Democrat quote from guardian timelines)

Trump does seem to struggle with the idea that he's not been handed tax money

"Donald Trump says the tariffs he has announced will generate “$6 trillion in investments”"

whereas "experts explain that tariffs are actually paid for by American businesses and consumers. That would make it the largest “tax hike” in US history"

Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon is correct, although it would appear that in those post-truth world people won'r believe him.

whereas "experts explain that tariffs are actually paid for by American businesses and consumers. That would make it the largest “tax hike” in US history"

Exactly! I really despair at how gullible people are.

Sadly, they will find out the hard way. The manufacturing jobs that had his specially selected audience cheering won't just appear.
Neither can they "just like that" anywhere, because supply chains are so complex and criss cross boundaries and labour is still so much cheaper in poor countries as regards the basic parts and expensive computer components..

Trump will get a free pass from Starmer for imposing "only 10%" on the UK, because Starmer is like the weirdy spotty kid relegated to the outside of the Big Boys Gang, gazing longingly and so desperate to belong he'll sell his soul to Trump.
He'll hot-foot it to The White House, ASAP, to prostrate himself at the feet of Trump The Mighty Spiv to give homage and thanks on behalf of a humble UK......

Looks as if Musk is, as was predicted, on the way out.

Musk is employed under a special government employee contract which has a time limit of 130 days in service. So Musk was always on the way out from that point of view.

mae13 I think he'll quietly push for a lowering of this rate. He's wanting to see it go altogether.

I'd rather he was the "weirdy kid" than the bully by the way. Weirdy kids don't tend to sell their souls
They are who they are.
It's the "big boys" who are often the desperate ones inside.

Fingers crossed for Starmer. 10% is definitely better than 20% or 40% or whatever. And as others have said, soon the American people will see they are basically paying more for goods from every other country whilst every other country is only feeling this with goods from America.

Trump and Musk say "his job is done"
Ronib

They aren't advertising the 130 days I notice.

NotSpaghetti

Trump and Musk say "his job is done"
Ronib

They aren't advertising the 130 days I notice.

As I predicted Musk has got bored with the job, now will go back to causing chaos elsewhere, no place in politics.

Well that’s no surprise NotSpaghetti . Legal technicalities don’t figure in the mindset.

Perhaps Musk will now devote himself to his true calling, being a champion for abused young girls in the North of England?

Let's see.

I heard that as well as the 10% imposed on UK goods there will be 25% on all cars imported to USA from UK.

We were warned it was coming, compared to other countries/trading blocks we have got off lightly

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Well 10% for the UK, 20% for the EU.
Put that on the side of a bus. 😁

Just bumping this as it made me laugh out loud 😂

glasshalffullagain

Perhaps Musk will now devote himself to his true calling, being a champion for abused young girls in the North of England?

Let's see.

But only for girls abused by Muslim men? {hmm]

growstuff

*whereas "experts explain that tariffs are actually paid for by American businesses and consumers. That would make it the largest “tax hike” in US history"*

Exactly! I really despair at how gullible people are.

Yes, if the consumer continues to buy the same products, the objective is to persuade them to buy US made products. $6 trillion is a lot of money even on the US scale, it goes straight into the federal bank balance.

The tariffs on the UK seem as predicted, 10% on a Bentley or bottle of Scotch isn’t going to deter many customers. EU was much harder hit, together with much higher defence spending they will have a hard time balancing the books.

Trade Tarriff are highly complex and hard to quantify, if the changes are “reciprocal,” many countries were very restrictive, I know India had very high tarrifs on imports. The US was a soft touch - until now.

Pantglas2

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Well 10% for the UK, 20% for the EU.
Put that on the side of a bus. 😁

Just bumping this as it made me laugh out loud 😂

Hilarious, really. Some funny things have apppeared on the side of buses haven't they?

Yes, GrannyGravy13 25% on all cars imported to USA from anywhere.

The trouble is, American cars have never been thought well of in Europe so whatever he does we are not going to suddenly start importing them now.

But extra tax on Californian wine does mean I'll buy wines from elsewhere unless I really want a specific one.