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Posted
1 hour ago, riclag said:

I’ll bite when Trump is finally caught 

in a “we got him this time moment”.

Or 

if 

they’/ them

win back the house which sounds pretty 

ridiculous 

with a 20somethin % favorability!

When Trump is finally caught I'll do more than bite - that I can promise!

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Posted
9 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

More good news but obviously need to wait for official announcements

 

The White House is due to hold a news conference at 10:00 a.m. ET (3 p.m. London time) on Thursday in the Oval Office.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday: “The agreement with the United Kingdom is a full and comprehensive one.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/08/uk-set-to-sign-a-trade-deal-with-us.html

We'll see exactly what the bill entails. In the meantime, there's this:

EU to launch dispute against U.S. tariffs as it sets out 95 billion euros in countermeasures

The European Union’s executive arm on Thursday said it would launch a dispute with the World Trade Organization over the U.S.’s “reciprocal” tariff policy and duties on cars and car parts.

The European Commission also said it had launched a public consultation on a broad list of U.S. imports to be potentially subject to countermeasures, if a trade deal is not reached with Washington. The list covers U.S. imports worth 95 billion euros ($107.4 billion) across a range of industrial and agricultural products.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/08/european-union-dispute-against-us-tariffs-world-trade-organization.html

Guess which economy is bigger? The UK's or the EU's?

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Posted
Just now, placeholder said:

We'll see exactly what the bill entails. In the meantime, there's this:

EU to launch dispute against U.S. tariffs as it sets out 95 billion euros in countermeasures

The European Union’s executive arm on Thursday said it would launch a dispute with the World Trade Organization over the U.S.’s “reciprocal” tariff policy and duties on cars and car parts.

The European Commission also said it had launched a public consultation on a broad list of U.S. imports to be potentially subject to countermeasures, if a trade deal is not reached with Washington. The list covers U.S. imports worth 95 billion euros ($107.4 billion) across a range of industrial and agricultural products.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/08/european-union-dispute-against-us-tariffs-world-trade-organization.html

Guess which economy is bigger? The UK's or the EU's?

I'll stick to the topic of my post.

 

Trump Hails 'Full and Comprehensive' Trade Deal with UK Amid Modest Economic Expectations

 

 

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Posted
27 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Trump Hails 'Full and Comprehensive' Trade Deal with UK Amid Modest Economic Expectations

Seeing as the UK took 3 years for a full trade deal with India recently announced, whatever they've just knocked up with the Americans ain't going to be 'full and comprehensive'  - possibly full of something

Posted
4 hours ago, riclag said:

“Some automakers are now localizing production of EV platforms they’ve already poured billions into — creating a reshuffling of global supply chains that aligns with White House goals, even if not with its messaging”.

 

Credit where Credit is due!

The Trump effect ! 
Maga

Make America great again and Capitalism too!

Despite the leftist dream of divestment 

from Manufacturing in America!

From your link!

 

"For years, automakers have been throwing billions into US assembly plants, but mostly for electric powertrain production. 

BMW has invested $1.7 billion in US production, Ford $11.2 billion, GM $9 billion, and Toyota $13.9 billion – all to build battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, or mild hybrid vehicles. 

This means each company's newly-minted factories will pump out millions of battery-powered cars to American shoppers."

 

Say thank you to Biden! 🤣

 

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Posted
4 hours ago, Stocky said:

When BMW revitalised the Cowley factory producing the Mini it didn't bring jobs. Instead it went from this

 

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To this

 

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To colour?

Posted
5 hours ago, Stocky said:

When BMW revitalised the Cowley factory producing the Mini it didn't bring jobs. Instead it went from this

 

maximum-manufacturing-mini-car-1476934765505.jpg.ab78e7bb0f5d2337eb636e06060bd7ac.jpg

 

To this

 

C0360414-Mini_car_factory_UK.jpg.f3f897c36acd8b365f803f86c7571882.jpg

 

 

the 1st BMW Mini rolled off the production line in 2001 20 years after the 1st robotics were installed on the cowley production line in 1981

Cowley stopped producing Mini's in 1969

the Acclaim’s Honda-designed production lines also prompting the installation of the first robots at the Oxford plant. The Acclaim was also significant for being the first Japanese car to be built in the UK,

https://www.mini.co.uk/en_GB/home/mini-news/oxford-100.html

 

 

 

 

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