Britain to United States: We want a trade deal and a digital tax

[tomacht8]

Hopefully the post Brexit UK will not buckle in front of the US market power. The UK's negotiating position is significantly weaker outside the EU. Hopefully after the digital tax comes the tax for companies that manufacture and distribute unhealthy food (sugar, slaughterhouse waste, GM food, fattening ingredients, etc.). Coca Cola, Mc Donalds, Burger King, KFC, etc. should be taxed more to finance the costs of the increased medical care caused by their junk food.

[Chomper Higgot]

6 hours ago, evadgib said:

Given your track record re predictions this has made my day ????

Give me an example of one of those predictions you believe I have made.

[bristolboy]

1 hour ago, tomacht8 said:

Hopefully the post Brexit UK will not buckle in front of the US market power. The UK's negotiating position is significantly weaker outside the EU. Hopefully after the digital tax comes the tax for companies that manufacture and distribute unhealthy food (sugar, slaughterhouse waste, GM food, fattening ingredients, etc.). Coca Cola, Mc Donalds, Burger King, KFC, etc. should be taxed more to finance the costs of the increased medical care caused by their junk food.

Yes, the UK has such a sterling record when it comes to controlling the sale of junk foods. Those junk foods being solely supplied by US corporations. Like Unilever.

[Rookiescot]

The UK will take whatever bone the US decides to throw its way.

It will be so desperate to appease its Brexit fundamentalists with any form of deal just to show "We don't need the EU."

 

[tomacht8]

12 hours ago, bristolboy said:

Yes, the UK has such a sterling record when it comes to controlling the sale of junk foods. Those junk foods being solely supplied by US corporations. Like Unilever.

Unilever is a Dutch-British group.

[bristolboy]

12 minutes ago, tomacht8 said:

Unilever is a Dutch-British group.

That was my point. It's you who listed only American firms in respect to junk foods. And that somehow taxing them would improve Britons' eating habits.

[tomacht8]

15 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

That was my point. It's you who listed only American firms in respect to junk foods. And that somehow taxing them would improve Britons' eating habits.

Understand. Unfortunately, the big US food chains are known to mainly sell junk and sugar food. The end product should be the deciding factor, no matter who sells it. Unhealthy foods should generally be taxed higher. Also with regard to the ingredients and production processes used. The EU is working on a five-stage "food traffic light" (Nutriscore). It could also be the basis of a taxation system.

[evadgib]

22 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Give me an example of one of those predictions you believe I have made.

Your

in a labour seat where the candidate was subsequently ousted was comedy gold ????

[david555]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/25/us-treasury-chief-warns-javid-to-shelve-plans-for-big-tech-firm-tax

Michael Savage Policy editor

Sat 25 Jan 2020 17.36 GMT

Technology sector

US treasury chief warns Javid to shelve plans for big tech firm tax

Ahead of critical trade talks, Steven Mnuchin says ‘discriminatory’ levy no place in budget

 

One of the most senior figures in the US government has warned Sajid Javid to delay a “discriminatory” tax on big tech companies, in the latest sign of tensions with Donald Trump’s administration ahead of critical trade talks.

Steven Mnuchin, the US treasury secretary, used a breakfast meeting with the chancellor on Saturday to warn him directly against applying the new tax as part of his forthcoming budget. The confrontation comes as the US mounts a last-ditch attempt to stop Britain using technology from China’s Huawei in its 5G network.