Unwarranted doomladen gloom.

Backwoodsman - PM
Date: 07 Oct 17 - 05:27 PM

I think the dream of the Brexiteers of getting 'great trade deals' with the US has been dealt a serious blow by the imposition of a 300% tariff on the aircraft which Delta were to purchase from Bombardier in NI, applied for by Boeing, who don't even build the class of aircraft that Delta ordered from Bombardier.
The Shape of Things to Come.

Stu - PM
Date: 27 Sep 17 - 07:07 AM

Bombardier: May 'bitterly disappointed' as US tariff puts jobs at risk
Here in the UK we're getting a little taste of life after we've left the EU following El Trumpo's decision to slap a 219% tariff on Bombardier, so jeopardising 4,000 jobs in the North of Ireland. More to the point, the government actually played this deal straight down the line, landed it fairly and squarely but still ordinary working people might suffer because of the whim of a fat orange idiot. Without influence as part of the worlds largest trading block, we're just back to being a small island with an over-inflated opinion of itself and at the mercy of the likes of Trump.
This is our world now.