Reply to: Should the UK introduce trade tariffs?

[BrilloPad]

Of course she is.

phew. and I know you are close friends with admin so it must be true.

[mudskipper]

You are spoiling the mystery now. I still like to think lola=atw.

Of course she is.

[xoggoth]

Certainly think we should dump the world trade agreements and decide trade by one to negotiation between nations or groups of nations.

We cannot all be self contained economies and it males sense to buy cheaper goods from India or China etc but we in return we should not accept the essentially closed economy that India imposes, the big fuss about allowing our supermarket chains to trade there, or the total contempt China shows for Western intellectual property. The measures the Chinese government has supposedly imposed to prevent manufacture of counterfeit Western goods are a transparent joke.

[BrilloPad]

Nope.

You are spoiling the mystery now. I still like to think lola=atw.

[vetran]

FTFY

works for me.

[tractor]

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ICT's are simple

Full tax on pay from day one, not reclaimable. Housing etc. Expenses are seen as benefit in kind. Business expenses are reclaimable.

minimum pay excluding expenses should be 1.5 - 2 times the ONS rate for that job area, they are unmatched in the local or EU work market so they must be good and should be paid accordingly.

I would imagine demand would drop like a stone. It would also push up pay expectations back in original country so it would be a double benefit.

max 3 year visa no opportunity to remain, training program to hire replacement locally at the start of the engagement and end it early if possible (no more Visas for that job at the end of 3 years). It would be expected ICT usage would decrease to almost nothing in 6 years. Stiffs all the big foreign body shops.

Yes you will see some business offshored permanently but tax take would soar and most people want bums on seats. Most big companies are planning massive growth in upcoming countries at the expense of established economy staff already anyway.

All UK government tasks cannot be taken outside the EU.

Call centres are slowly coming back, everyone is fed up at repeating everything 3 times. A few decent incentives (in exchange for work experience deals) and they will be back in the UK.

FTFY

[vetran]

ICT's are simple

Full tax on pay from day one, not reclaimable. Housing etc. Expenses are seen as benefit in kind. Business expenses are reclaimable.

minimum pay excluding expenses should be 1.5 - 2 times the ONS rate for that job area, they are unmatched in the local or EU work market so they must be good and should be paid accordingly.

I would imagine demand would drop like a stone. It would also push up pay expectations back in original country so it would be a double benefit.

max 3 year visa no opportunity to remain, training program to hire replacement locally at the end of 3 years (no more Visas for that job at the end of 3 years). It would be expected ICT usage would decrease to almost nothing in 6 years. Stiffs all the big foreign body shops.

Yes you will see some business offshored permanently but tax take would soar and most people want bums on seats. Most big companies are planning massive growth in upcoming countries at the expense of established economy staff already anyway.

All UK government tasks cannot be taken outside the EU.

Call centres are slowly coming back, everyone is fed up at repeating everything 3 times. A few decent incentives (in exchange for work experience deals) and they will be back in the UK.

[administrator]

Hi AtW

Nope.

[MarillionFan]

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Hi AtW

[Lola]

There should be a big 'Buy British' campaign, with support for British businesses to go back to making stuff for us to buy.

The French buy Citroens, the Italians buy Fiats and the Germans buy Volkswagens. What do we buy?

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[mudskipper]

There should be a big 'Buy British' campaign, with support for British businesses to go back to making stuff for us to buy.

The French buy Citroens, the Italians buy Fiats and the Germans buy Volkswagens. What do we buy?

[tractor]

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Yes. 50p per minute tax for Indian call centres and £500 per day tax for inter company visas

No to the first and a resounding yes to the second.

Why no to the first? Because the first thing any affected company would do is pass the cost straight on to the customer. They would find it difficult to do that for the second.

[vetran]

Just be happy to pay more for those primark clothes and nike trainers (not that I'm calling you a pikey you understand )

that's fine, but some may be made in the UK from now on. Can't be a bad thing, if things are more expensive we might see a more frugal and sustainable society. Because things are cheap we just replace.

[PorkPie]

no but it should level the playing field by demanding overseas partners follow a minimum standard of employment welfare and observation of things such as green issues.


so no child labour max working week, H&S etc.

No green crimes or smelly coal fired power stations.

Just be happy to pay more for those primark clothes and nike trainers (not that I'm calling you a pikey you understand )

[Paddy]

Following on from this post http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ml#post1623646 (cheers sas) - is now the time to protect what little we have left?

Historically having more open markets has served us well - but does it have to be the case going forward?

Yes. 50p per minute tax for Indian call centres and £500 per day tax for inter company visas