Rebecca MacKian

Trade Wars Are Easy to Lose Beijing has escalation dominance in the U.S.-Chinese tariff fight.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... Trump's trade war will hurt the U.S. more than China. The U.S. will face shortages of vital inputs like basic ingredients of most pharmaceuticals, semiconductors used in cars and domestic appliances, and critical minerals needed for industial processes.

Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce

UK drug shortages are at a four-year high, worsened by Brexit, which has reduced EU imports and isolated the UK from European supply-sharing initiatives. Pharmacies are struggling to meet patient needs and are reporting increasing patient distress as a result www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Una piazza per l’Europa

www.repubblica.it/commenti/202... Tomorrow I'll be joining many others for a non-partisan rally in Piazza del Popolo, Rome. In these uncertain times we need to come together to protect and build the unity and freedom of the European Union. #PiazzaPerlEuropa

UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added ‘complexity and bureaucracy’

🚨🚨 Given horrible state of things in the world, it is easy to simply forget about the absolute shitshow of #brexit but new report by Food and Drink Federation is a stark reminder of those devasting implications. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I am in Aberystwyth- a red alert area for the imminent storm. I have just had an alarm on my Italian phone warning me but mum, with her local phone, hasn't had anything yet... #stormdarragh

Ministers seek EU negotiator to lead reset talks The Government is looking to hire a new EU negotiator on at least £150k as it attempts to reset relations with Britain’s near neighbours.

The UK government is looking to hire a new EU negotiator as Starmer attempts to 'reset' Britains' relationship with the EU.

The first piece of advice the new advisor should offer, is to stop ruling out the single market, customs union, freedom of movement and youth mobility.

Thank you ❤️

I'm very happy to have found this place - looks better than the other one. Have slowly started following old contacts, but I am going through a difficult time at the moment. I've just lost my dad. Here he is with my son who is following in his engineering footsteps. I'll be back to posting soon.

It's nice to see you on here - I hadn't seen you or many others for ages after the algorithm appeared to change in the other place! I've only just signed up so need to find people!