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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: weatherman   😊 😞
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Subject: ~100 trade EOs later
Date: 05/08/25 4:52 PM
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and with every single 1-on-1 negotiation meeting existing to serve corruption and publicity, there is only the highly predictable left to say :

[trump] told reporters he would look at specific industry requests for exemptions.
But preferred to keep the duties broader and less complicated.
"I want to make it nice and simple. I'm not looking to have so many exemptions that nobody knows what we're doing. We have to make it very simple."


yahoo.com - Trump not willing cut u

specifically to the UK, geopol analyst peter zeihan noted long before tariffs that the UK was the nation most desperate to cut a new trade deal. until trump needed the publicity.
well , at least insignificant changes to trade don't have to rely on the nonbinding contract that might not even exist.
as trump says, simple.
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