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    how soon will Trump back down over tariffs

    The only restrictive ones are standards based, eg US most us cars do not meet euro 6 compliance except for electric vehiacles. Food standards ... we and the EU ban a huge list of ingredients that are considered harmful. and the US says buyer beware. eg UK: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower...
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    how soon will Trump back down over tariffs

    The one thing everybody seems to forget is that the EU and the US have a balanced trading arrangement... as services are absent from the orange buffoons calculations.. 2024 goods us trade deficit 176 billion, services EU deficit 168 Billion...
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    how soon will Trump back down over tariffs

    he is a big trump supporter and a con man.... is he reliable ? in your view. Birds of a feather....
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    how soon will Trump back down over tariffs

    seeing as the Rose garden Tariffs did not come into effect until Tuesday and he reversed it on Wednesday... the answer to the original question was 19 Hours... mostly... the question is just how quickly will he bail on China tariffs.
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    Suitable Junction Box for Outdoor Use

    you might want to fit an isolator instead of a junction box, the amount of times our flood lights have filled with enough moister to trip the rcd's is an embarrassment to manufacturers.... At least that way you can isolate the offending light and keep the lights on.
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    Location of mains water stop cock

    look at the boundary to the house there is normally a stop cock under a metal box lid where the mains joins the property supply.
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    Location of mains water stop cock

    If you have a water meter you can isolate it there. Sometimes there have handles, sometimes they need keys... have a look at https://faq.anglianwater.co.uk/article/qed95011/i-need-a-meter-key
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    Trillions of dollars wiped from stock markets..

    I would suggest you approach a financial adviser, Landsdown Hargreaves were pretty good, I will point out that of the four bonds we purchased 1 lost 6% of its value over 3 years but regained to parity after the full term, the rest did ok giving around 5.8% return, we could have done much better...
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    Trillions of dollars wiped from stock markets..

    We put 10k in a media bond, ie a bond to finance film and television productions, with those type of specific investments you can either go for just the interest payable which was 3.75% over 5 years or 1.1% and a share of any profits. we like a bit of a gamble and as seeing that we still...
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    Leaking concrete tile roof

    see : https://www.manthorpebp.co.uk/roofing/dry-ridge-systems-dry-verge-and-dry-fix-roofing/roll-out-dry-fix-hip-6m-kit
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    Fix Render

    I would suggest that you look a bit deeper than the surface, blown render ie render that has parted company with the substrate eg brick needs to be hacked off and re done. Patches are fine but can be a pain to to look the same, to test your render tap over it, it will sound hollow on the blown...
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    US tarrifs. 10% U.K., 20% EU.

    We have always charged a Tariff, VAT as its otherwise known @20% which is payable on import. Vast swaths of imports do no attract other tariffs.
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    how soon will Trump back down over tariffs

    Seeing as we have all taken a 4.2% haircut to our personal finances due to brexit I wonder what you would have done with that extra cash that you peed up the wall on behalf of the rest of us.
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    how soon will Trump back down over tariffs

    Its more a question of when american liquidity runs out, as tariffs take effect yep you get a tax income boost but unfortunately then money supply degrades... last week I bought coffee beans at $1000 a ton, this week its $1200, the value of the beans is still £$1000 , its been artificially...
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    Cars of old

    the car my wife still drives today that we bought when we got married 33 years ago... 504 coupe soft top.
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    Rumeysa Ozturk, snatched off the street by 6 feceral agents and put in custody at unknown location

    Having studied and worked in the US I can tell you for a fact that the terms of those visas can be pretty tough depending on the situation as judged by the state department. My 2014 visa states" you will not engage in any political activity. That was for a 6 week course on hydrology over the...
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    New CU installed, right type RCBO for EV?

    To be fair all this seems just a reflection of the murky world of tax avoidance ,warranty avoidance and over complex competence registration. The electrician who installed it is ultimately responsible for their installation, its his name on the cert unless of course its not. In an ideal world...
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    New CU installed, right type RCBO for EV?

    Its end of financial year just probably wants to drag the job into next tax year.
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    Remove large metal pole

    are you absolutely sure of that pipes purpose ? Your neighbour has the same in their garden, from memory local sewers prior to adoption, many developments in the late Victorian and Edwardian had the vent pipes for runs in gardens for the sewers that run in the back passage between properties.
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    Show us todays job.

    You might be ok but then again the 70's and 80's saw a rash of high current devices being slung in with little regard to the cable operating temperature. Replaced a neighbours halogen porch light for her, good old white twin and earth from the 60's , well crispy failed at 250v insulation...
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