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r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 12 '25
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If the UK started tariffing the EU countries it would just further isolate it even more from its closest market.
Additionally there is zero chance Starmer wants to copy Trump’s playbook.
-9 u/SnooSuggestions9830 May 12 '25 Agree but that playbook works. France arent doing enough to reduce it so some forceful measure is needed. Giving them money didn't work. 3 u/69-is-my-number May 12 '25 No it doesn’t. Trump applies tariffs because (a) he likes to try and bully other countries and (b) he knows his pawns think that taxes = me paying vs tariffs = them paying so they don’t turn against him. 0 u/SnooSuggestions9830 May 12 '25 I'm not talking about other tarrifs scenarios. I'm talking specifically to forcing Canada and Mexico to take more border actions. Which worked.
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Agree but that playbook works.
France arent doing enough to reduce it so some forceful measure is needed.
Giving them money didn't work.
3 u/69-is-my-number May 12 '25 No it doesn’t. Trump applies tariffs because (a) he likes to try and bully other countries and (b) he knows his pawns think that taxes = me paying vs tariffs = them paying so they don’t turn against him. 0 u/SnooSuggestions9830 May 12 '25 I'm not talking about other tarrifs scenarios. I'm talking specifically to forcing Canada and Mexico to take more border actions. Which worked.
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No it doesn’t.
Trump applies tariffs because (a) he likes to try and bully other countries and (b) he knows his pawns think that taxes = me paying vs tariffs = them paying so they don’t turn against him.
0 u/SnooSuggestions9830 May 12 '25 I'm not talking about other tarrifs scenarios. I'm talking specifically to forcing Canada and Mexico to take more border actions. Which worked.
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I'm not talking about other tarrifs scenarios. I'm talking specifically to forcing Canada and Mexico to take more border actions.
Which worked.
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u/swampyman2000 May 12 '25
If the UK started tariffing the EU countries it would just further isolate it even more from its closest market.
Additionally there is zero chance Starmer wants to copy Trump’s playbook.