Paul Kelso

Statement signing from the new owners… congratulations Paul

Paul Hayward @_PaulHayward

Proud to say I'll soon be working for The Observer again. One of the world's great papers, first published in 1791. Glad also to be joining top-class colleagues on the sports desk.. https://t.co/ATqMMYPGNe

“Worse than the worst case scenario” is the view from Wall Street tech watcher ⁦@DrDanives⁩, with ref to China & Taiwan https://t.co/pbJLpkSFto

That was… bold. Leader of the richest nation on earth dismantles the system that helped it get there, delivers some of the steepest tariffs to the poorest (and none at all to Russia), causing market slump & inflation in short term, on a long term gamble on transformation.

Business & trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds not ruling out retaliation, but not sounding like the first option https://t.co/X8ZntFblUr

⁦Manufacturers’ body @MakeUK_⁩ describes 10% US tariffs as “devastating” https://t.co/VUctk4MsI6

TUC calls for closer UK ties with the EU in response to “arbitrary” Trump tariffs

Paul Nowak @nowak_paul

Donald Trump has just made the strongest possible argument for 🇬🇧 to positively reset its economic relationship with the 🇪🇺, our largest market. In the face of punitive & arbitrary 🇺🇸 tariffs, the government must do everything it can to protect British jobs & industry.

This is the US Trade Representative’s assessment of the UK’s tariff, presumably the basis for the “reciprocal” levy of 10%. Shows a WTF average of 3.8% and up to 10% for some agricultural goods and on US cars https://t.co/bte0CJfm1t

Paul Kelso @pkelso

10% tariffs for UK, 20%, and many more, the first detail revealed to the governments involved via a sign held up in a windy Rose Garden. What a way to do business https://t.co/dwpceLMXzF

Strong Brexit “Independence Day” vibes to Trump’s Liberation Day - a fundamental change to national terms of trade, justified by ideology & contested economics. The difference being the UK was erecting barriers for itself, not to every one of its trading partners

Paul Kelso @pkelso

“To all the kings, queens and ambassadors who’ll soon be calling for an exemption, I say drop your own tariffs… and start buying tens of billions of American goods”

RT @AArmstrong_says: UK car manufactures (JLR, Aston Martin, Bentleys, Lotus, Mini etc) will still also face 25% tariffs on selling vehicl…

“To all the kings, queens and ambassadors who’ll soon be calling for an exemption, I say drop your own tariffs… and start buying tens of billions of American goods”

Paul Kelso @pkelso

10% tariffs for UK, 20%, and many more, the first detail revealed to the governments involved via a sign held up in a windy Rose Garden. What a way to do business https://t.co/dwpceLMXzF

10% tariffs for UK, 20%, and many more, the first detail revealed to the governments involved via a sign held up in a windy Rose Garden. What a way to do business https://t.co/dwpceLMXzF

After a flurry of of violent, aggressive language claiming the US has been “looted, pillaged, raped”, Trump reveals a chart that says the UK will face 10% tariffs https://t.co/fR12dGJHll

This sums up the scale - a trade war will disrupt multiple sectors & supply chains - & the weakness of the UK’s hand. As a senior govt figure put it even before Trump’s election “as a small country outside a major trading bloc, being in a trade war doesn’t make sense”

Paul Kelso @pkelso

As Trump tariffs loom visited the UK’s largest steel stockist & supplier @barrettsteel today. They fear not US tariffs but a reciprocal war in which the UK is neutral & vulnerable to dumping. They want the PM to stop “cosying up” & get tough if required https://t.co/DxY6KrkkHT

As Trump tariffs loom visited the UK’s largest steel stockist & supplier @barrettsteel today. They fear not US tariffs but a reciprocal war in which the UK is neutral & vulnerable to dumping. They want the PM to stop “cosying up” & get tough if required https://t.co/DxY6KrkkHT

RT @SkyNews: Household bills are going up. So, is there any way you can beat the hikes? 🤔 Daily podcast host @skynewsniall is joined by Sk…

Bills are going up but so are wages, and for the low paid faster than most. Some analysis https://t.co/AJ5VWwUK0b

RT @SkyNews: Today is a big one for your wallet, with a whole range of tax changes coming into effect and household bills going up. Sky's…