Paul McNamara
Policy Correspondent at Channel 4 News
Senior Political Correspondent for @Channel4News; all views usually belong to someone else far cleverer and passed off as my own...
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Paul McNamara
The carefully negotiated post Brexit trade deal was supposed to give Northern Ireland the best of both worlds – part of the UK, but also inside Europe’s free market. There were fears that Trump’s tariffs could risk the future of the Northern Ireland peace agreement, which the US helped to broker more than a quarter of a century ago. But now with the latest punitive tariff plan suddenly put on pause – it’s anyone’s guess.
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Paul McNamara
We speak to the Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch about the economy and her party’s dwindling popularity in the polls.
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Paul McNamara
Donald Trump’s tariffs and their impact on the global economy have been undeniable. Today, the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that the government is ready to step in to protect the UK’s finances from the impact of US tariffs – as world leaders continue to respond to a new global economic order, driven by Donald Trump’s protectionism. Here in the UK, the increase in employers’ national insurance took effect today and businesses are worrying about their future.
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Paul McNamara
Protests are planned in all 50 states to oppose the Trump administration, as his sweeping tariff-based economic plan helped wipe out more than five trillion dollars from US stocks in two days. Fears of recession mount in the US and beyond. One of Britain’s biggest carmakers, Jaguar Land Rover, says it’s pausing shipments of its cars to America as the fallout from President Trump’s tariffs continue to reverberate.
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Paul McNamara
The government here has reiterated that all options remain on the table in terms of how it responds to the tariffs on UK exports.
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