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UK plans possible retaliation if Trump puts tariffs on British goods
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Watch the video which is embedded in the article. President Trump is commenting on UK and EU ‘deficits. State which deficit he is referring to
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Explain President Trump’s comment ‘the UK is out of line; I think that one can be worked out. But the European Union, it’s an atrocity what they have done.”
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Using a diagram, analyse the effects of a tariff on the size of the ‘deficit’
Gavin Clarke, Emmanuel College
