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Sam Lowe

@samuelmarclowe.bsky.social

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Trade policy. Partner @ Flint Global. Senior visiting research fellow @ Kings College London. I have a Substack: https://mostfavourednation.substack.com

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · Apr 3

In my latest for @alphaville.ft.com I discuss why the new Trump tariff measures are a recipe for … crime!

(Yes, I’m writing about rules of origin again.)

on.ft.com/44cO71p Trump’s new rules (of origin)

Trump’s new rules (of origin)

It ain’t where you’re at, it’s where you’re from

on.ft.com

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 1d

Giving them some rules of origin ideas

Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 1d

Morning.

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 2d

People just gotta give it a try

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Final one

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning!

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 4d

… skimming the first few … it’s not a very good debunking.

For example, the debunking in this instance doesn’t address the statement (UK now keeps 100% of its customs revenue), which is true

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 4d

The vibe.

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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social is so committed to his craft that he went to Greenland prospecting

www.politico.eu/article/uk-g...

mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/digging-up...

Digging Up Greenland

Why extracting critical minerals is hard, can Trump tariff Denmark, and other things

mostfavourednation.substack.com

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 9d

Some thoughts!

mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/exit-music...

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 9d

Rules of origin, but for films! So excited.

Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 9d

Anyway, a good opportunity to re-up my MFN post with the best title ever

mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/exit-music...

Exit Music (For a [Foreign] Film)

Today, we escape

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 9d

Some thoughts!

mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/exit-music...

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 9d

How do you impose tariffs on a movie, I hear you ask.

Well ...

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 9d

The trick is to do none of them well!

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 9d

I liked the part where the main character gets turned around at the Mexican border because the package he's carrying doesn't properly account for how much of its value added was US steel.

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 10d

Just finished Death Stranding 2. Good game!

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 12d

New MFN just landed hard, like an overnight tariff announcement.

open.substack.com/pub/mostfavo...

What Happens if the [IEEPA] Tariffs Fall?

A thought experiment ...

open.substack.com

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 12d

New MFN just landed hard, like an overnight tariff announcement.

open.substack.com/pub/mostfavo...

What Happens if the [IEEPA] Tariffs Fall?

A thought experiment ...

open.substack.com

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 15d

This looks sensible. Why has no one done this?

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 18d

The vibe.

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 21d

🚨🚨!!EMERGENCY NEWSLETTER!!🚨🚨

Where is a nice cup of tea really from?

open.substack.com/pub/mostfavo...

Where Is A Cup Of Tea Really From?

Emergency Newsletter

open.substack.com

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Dustin Benton @dbenton.bsky.social · 21d

I'm looking forward to tea production stats from English tea growers (shout out to www.dartmoorestatetea.com, tregothnan.co.uk, and peterstontea.com) that look like this chart...

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Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 21d

You mean it's not from Yorkshire?

Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 21d

🚨🚨!!EMERGENCY NEWSLETTER!!🚨🚨

Where is a nice cup of tea really from?

open.substack.com/pub/mostfavo...

Where Is A Cup Of Tea Really From?

Emergency Newsletter

open.substack.com

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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 21d

Yup — but think there need to be significant tariff differentials for people to really care