J.D. Vance is wrong about Britain and America’s relationship
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It’s not ‘reciprocal’ – the US controls the British economy
Angus Hanton is the author of Vassal State: How America Runs Britain
From our US edition
It’s not ‘reciprocal’ – the US controls the British economy
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Angus Hanton, author of Vassal State: How America Runs Britain, joins Freddy Gray to talk about the economic relationship between Britain and America. As the world adjusts to the new US administration, every day seems to bring news of new potential tariffs. Is the UK a prime target for Trump? What could the impact of tariffs
The UK government tells a confident story about Britain’s tech business acumen. In one 2023 example, a press release from Rishi Sunak invited investment in the tech sector, calling the UK an ‘island of innovation’. In it, he explained that the UK corporation tax rate was the lowest in the G7 and that the UK