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Land Rover Discovery Assembly Line

Red alert from UK’s car industry as it ponders threat of...

A WARNING light is flickering on the dashboard of the UK car industry as it trundles helplessly towards the possibility of a no-deal Brexit. The...
TPP-11 signatories

To TPP or not to TPP

BV staffer Richard Thomas peruses the latest development in the on-going saga of Britain’s EU-exit — and discovers new potential for UK trade In an...
US-China Trade War

China gives US a level glare over mooted extra tariffs

‘Precise’ response promised in escalating trade war TARIFFS are back in the headlines as China threatens to impose more of its own taxes on US...
Cargo ship at sunset

New export strategy to bring ‘superpower’ status to Britain

BRITAIN’S International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, has announced an export strategy that “will make Britain a 21st Century exporting superpower”. “As we leave the EU,...

Harley’s cut-and-run tactics draw tweet fire from Trump

HARLEY-DAVIDSON’S great escape from the EU-Donald Trump tariff trap – a plan to move some production out of the US – is causing anguish...

Jaguar warns of investment cuts over Brexit concerns

BRITISH car manufacturers have been fretting over a no-deal or hard Brexit since the controversial referendum. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) company executives are warning of...

EU and US rapprochement over import tax feud

THERE are moves afoot to ease looming trade barriers between the US and the EU. US president Donald Trump met with European Commission chief Jean-Claude...

Inefficient supply chains ‘cost UK businesses £1.5bn a year’

The processing of shipments ties up 50,000 jobs in procurement and freight administration – and Brexit could make matters worse, report says SUPPLY chain inefficiencies...

Trump lashes out at Harley-Davidson over offshore production solution

H-D breaks silence over EU-US tariff issue with plan to make bikes in other countries. By HAL WILLIAMS HARLEY-DAVIDSON has earned the ire of US president...
Trade War US vs EU

Trade war ‘almost inevitable’ as Trump’s steel tariffs start to bite

Countries line-up to target US products with their own retaliatory taxes. HAL WILLIAMS reports EUROPE, Canada and Mexico are girding their loins for a trade...