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Theresa May warns of creeping 'protectionism' after Trumps US hits Bombardier with tariffs [View all]
Theresa May has warned of “protectionism creeping in” around the world after Donald Trump’s US Government hit a British-based manufacturer with huge punitive tariffs....
Ms May demanded world leaders who believe in free trade “stand up” and explain its benefits to people disillusioned with free markets, with US Government action against overseas firms increasing...
It comes amid the fallout of Boeing’s decision to pursue a complaint which led the US Government to implement punitive import tariffs on the sale of jets by Belfast-based Bombardier.
The decision has thrown a question over Ms May’s Brexit strategy of securing a major trade deal with the US to help replace lost trade with the EU following withdrawal.
(More at link)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-donald-trump-bombardier-tariffs-us-department-commerce-protectionism-free-trade-a7971816.html
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