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The vast majority of UK consumers plan to “buy British” over concerns that imported products will surge in price after Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, according to data that underlines the impact of the US president’s trade war.

Some 71 per cent of people said they wanted to support UK businesses by buying more items that were “Made in Britain”, after Trump imposed a 10 per cent tax on British imports this month, Barclays said on Tuesday.

About two-thirds of consumers were concerned that imported products would become more expensive, according to the survey carried out on behalf of Barclays by Opinium Research, and two in five were already looking for UK-made alternatives.

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Rachel Reeves has declined to back calls for the UK government to launch a “buy British” campaign in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs, saying it would make Britain too “inward-looking”.

However, Downing Street said the Cabinet Office was examining procurement rules and said there were already policies in place to incentivise using the government’s purchasing power for British companies.

The chancellor and Downing Street said they would not be calling for British shoppers to do the same, despite a campaign from the Liberal Democrats. Canada launched a buy Canadian campaign in response to a 25% US tariff on Canadian imports.

During Treasury questions on Tuesday, the Lib Dems’ deputy leader and Treasury spokesperson, Daisy Cooper, asked the government to “commit to a ‘buy British’ campaign as part of a broader national effort to encourage people to buy British here at home”.

Reeves replied: “In terms of buying British, I think everyone will make their own decisions. What we don’t want to see is a trade war, with Britain becoming inward-looking, because if every country in the world decided that they only wanted to buy things produced in their country, that is not a good way forward.”

The prime minister’s spokesperson backed Reeves and said there were no plans for the government to launch a buy British campaign. He said the government “will always back British manufacturers” but it was up to individuals to decide what they wanted to buy.

Asked if the government would advise people to avoid US products, he said that would not be consistent with Britain being an “open, trading nation” and the government was “not going to tell people where they buy their stuff”.

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Bad examples: Cadbury - Mondelez Hotel Chocolate - Mars

Good examples (afaik): Montezuma Booja-Booja Gnaw

Any others?

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Ever thought about how strange it is that this duopoly handles such a large volume of transactions?

What are we doing to combat this?

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Welcome to the fourth episode of our podcast series, “Brands Transforming Our World“, where we give a platform for the tech C-Suite to tell their stories.

In this month’s conversation, Brands2Life Co-Founder, Giles Fraser, and former BBC Tech Correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, meet with Eben Upton CBE, CEO at Raspberry Pi.

Eben is a computer scientist and engineer and co-founded the Raspberry Pi Foundation in 2008, aiming to inspire a new generation of learners to engage with programming and electronics. Designing single board and modular computers since 2012, Raspberry Pi is a genuine UK success story and the biggest – and in our eyes, the most exciting – listing on the London Stock Exchange this year.

Under Eben’s leadership, Raspberry Pi has grown into one of the world’s most popular computing platforms, with widespread applications ranging from education to industrial automation. To date, it’s sold over 60 million computers.

In this episode, Eben discusses:

• Building a UK technology trailblazer with such a clear mission at its heart
• The inside story on the run up to going public and what really happens on IPO day
• The importance of fostering creativity and problem-solving in education
• The role of technology in driving social change

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The campaign was part of King Edward VIII's drive to boost the British economy in the wake of the Great Depression.

It compels Britons to reject foreign made or imported goods in favour of products made in the UK.

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The chancellor wants everyone with money to back Britain. Initially, she talked mostly about attracting foreign investors.

These days the focus is on domestic funds that have – contrary to a Britain First agenda – spread their investments across the world, and especially the US, where stock markets have boomed in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Why bother with the UK when all the action is in fast-growing, emerging markets or the US, fund managers ask.

British manufacturing is back in the spotlight now that Donald Trump is in the White House, threatening the withdrawal of US defence cover. His trade tariffs are part of the same story. They are aimed at manufactured imports, to illustrate the cost to Europe, China and others of not agreeing to all of Trump’s main political aims. Then they are withdrawn or delayed at a moment’s notice, as Mexico’s government can attest, to make sure countries cannot plan or adjust to cope with the new regime.

The only way to react is to smile in Washington’s direction, as Keir Starmer has done, and plan furiously and diligently to reduce any reliance on the US.