Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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What would a 'clean break' with the EU mean for the economy?
ALEX GORDON looks at the nature of WTO rules and how trading on them would affect us
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
MARK CARNEY opined this week that the idea Britain could trade on WTO terms with zero tariffs after a no-deal Brexit was “absolute nonsense.” The man George Osborne recruited as Governor of the Bank of England is no Brexiteer.
However, last month the UK government had already announced temporary tariff-free arrangements on 87 per cent of total imports (by value) to Britain in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Tariffs would still apply to 13 per cent of imported goods including beef, lamb, pork, poultry and some dairy products, which have historically been protected by high EU tariffs.
Some tariffs on finished vehicles in the automotive sector would continue, however, “car makers relying on EU supply chains would not face additional tariffs on car parts imported from the EU to prevent disruption to supply chains.”
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