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Originally Posted by Pierre
Correct.
What did G.Brown say? British jobs for British workers? Or something like that. If a British PM had made that inauguration speech it would have been very well received.
We're anti illegal immigrant, we have our "wall" in France.
I think Trump has got a good few of his ideas from us.
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The thing is about from his rhetoric about British Jobs for British people Gordon Brown wasn't a protectionist either. He believed, like most Western politicians, that protectionism ultimately harms an economy as it reduces competition and can spark trade wars. You want your own country's businesses to have access to international markets can if you restrict foreign access to your own they may in turn do the same to you. Meanwhile those businesses can become lazy when all their foreign competition has a massive mark-up due to tariffs.