Jane Merrick

London

Policy Editor at The i Paper

Policy editor @theipaper, a @Time Person of The Year 2017

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The five benefits of a trade deal with Trump – and what the UK should fear

1 week ago | msn.com | Jane Merrick

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The five benefits of a trade deal with Trump - and what the UK should fear

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Merrick

Hopes of a UK-US trade deal – and Britain being able to lessen the hit from Donald Trump’s tariff regime – have risen today after Vice President JD Vance said the agreement stood a “good chance” of being struck. In an interview with UnHerd, Vance said both sides were “working really hard” and that he believed they could reach a “great agreement” because Trump “really loves” Britain.
Chinese firms may be blocked from critical UK sites in future after ‘sabotage’ warnings

1 week ago | msn.com | Jane Merrick

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Chinese government suspected of 'sabotage' over British Steel plant

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Merrick

Beijing has been accused of deliberately trying to undermine the UK’s critical industry and energy infrastructure over the threat to halt steel production in Scunthorpe. Chinese firms should be excluded from “very sensitive” industries in the UK after the government was forced to take emergency control of British Steel at the site on Saturday, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said.
Brexit is shrinking crowds at Britain's biggest art galleries

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Merrick

Leading British art galleries are struggling to regain hundreds of thousands of international visitors lost since the pandemic because of Brexit, it has emerged. A dramatic fall in student visa applications, due to the end of free movement that existed when the UK was part of the European Union, has caused a drop in the number of young people from overseas visiting UK art galleries, analysis shows.
Musk's Tesla, Jack Daniels and Levis face UK tax threat over Trump tariffs

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Merrick

The UK government is considering retaliatory tariffs against Trump which could hit Elon Musk’s electric car giant Tesla as well as Jack Daniels, Levi jeans and thousands of other products. The Department for Business and Trade published a 417-page list of more than 11,000 goods the US exports to Britain which could potentially be targeted for higher levies in response to Trump’s 10 per cent tariffs on the UK.
Did Brexit really save the UK from higher Trump tariffs?

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Merrick

At first glance of Donald Trump’s tariff sandwich board, it looks like the UK has enjoyed a “Brexit bonus” for leaving the European Union five years ago – with Britain’s tariff rate at the baseline of 10 per cent compared to the bloc’s 20 per cent. This has been seized on by champions of Brexit as evidence that the UK is benefitting from being outside Europe. But is this really the case?
Farmers want more checks on airline passengers over foot and mouth fears

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Merrick

Airline passengers arriving at UK airports should face biosecurity checks amid fears of a foot and mouth outbreak in the country, the National Farmers Union has said. Cases of the disease which affects cattle have been found in Germany, Slovakia and Hungary over recent weeks – prompting a commercial ban on livestock and meat into the UK.
Starmer warns Trump 'don't start a trade war' as UK braced for US tariffs

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Merrick

Sir Keir Starmer is urging Donald Trump to avoid starting a global trade war as the world awaits the US President’s planned tariff regime. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper warned on Sunday that imposing tariffs would be bad for the world economy and that “no option is off the table” for the UK to respond to any levies. The Prime Minister agrees with Cooper’s warning and that “a trade war is in nobody’s interest,” a Downing Street source said.
Bird flu 'no longer just an avian virus' as cases found in sheep and cattle

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Merrick

Bird flu should no longer be considered solely an avian virus due to the growing spread of the disease in mammals, a leading expert has said. The world’s first-ever case of bird flu in sheep was identified in Yorkshire last week, while dairy farmers have been grappling with an outbreak of the virus in cattle in the US for the past year.