President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, April 2, 2025, in Washington
WORKERS and consumers in Britain have nothing to gain from joining US-EU and anti-China tariff wars, the Communist Party has declared.
General secretary Robert Griffiths told the party’s political committee on Tuesday evening that “higher tariffs on our exports and imports would jeopardise investment, jobs and living standards.”
This is especially true given Britain’s trade deficit and its relatively small industrial sector, dominated by private-sector and foreign ownership, he warned.
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
