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DONALD TRUMP’S expected trade deal with Britain could threaten workers’ rights, trade unionists were warned today.
Speaking to a fringe meeting at the TUC conference today, policy officer Rosa Crawford explained that the deal could allow US corporations to erode workers’ rights in pursuit of profit.
The deal, currently being negotiated between the two governments, clearly has a “corporate agenda,” she stressed, with the US seeking to lower tariffs and non-tariff barriers.
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT