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(125,765 posts) Thu May 8, 2025, 02:46 PM May 2025

Tariff Watch: US decides to exempt Rolls-Royce engines [View all]

John Hill
May 8, 2025

US President Donald Trump released details of a pending trade deal with the UK from the White House today (8 May) which has only slightly softened the blow of tariffs.

The BBC reported that the US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik, standing next to Trump in the Oval Office, stipulated that Rolls-Royce engines will be exempt from the baseline 10% tariff that remains in force on imports from Britain ...

https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/tariff-watch-us-decides-to-exempt-rolls-royce-engines/

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Tariff Watch: US decides to exempt Rolls-Royce engines [View all] struggle4progress May 2025 OP

Well that will really help the average American SheltieLover May 2025 #1

We can get 30 for Christmas now instead of just 2 or 3 underpants May 2025 #2

Right? SheltieLover May 2025 #15

O.M.G. sheshe2 May 2025 #27

Jet engines Abnredleg May 2025 #3

But hurt them at GE Aerospace Johnny2X2X May 2025 #11

Those engines aren't for Rolls-Royce cars. RR is a major manufacturer Ocelot II May 2025 #7

Those are some classy jet engines mdbl May 2025 #26

nice engines on a crappy problem filled plane lapfog_1 May 2025 #29

Thank goodness! usedtobedemgurl May 2025 #4

Giggling at posters who think they mean engines for cars. BannonsLiver May 2025 #5

Me, too. RR is the second-largest supplier of aircraft engines in the world. Ocelot II May 2025 #8

Rolls-Royce piston engines powered the best planes in WWII -- including Spitfire and Mustang. eppur_se_muova May 2025 #31

Someone should tell trump (and nbc) Hassin Bin Sober May 2025 #33

I'm not surprised he doesn't understand it. BannonsLiver May 2025 #35

What a coincidence. The engines on his 757 are Rolls Royce. Liberal In Texas May 2025 #6

I would say he needs new engines for his hoopty 757 but he recently grifted new engines with his $250 million... Hassin Bin Sober May 2025 #10

The only large jet engine manufacturers in the US are GE and Pratt & Whitney, Ocelot II May 2025 #20

According to Wikipedia: Liberal In Texas May 2025 #23

GE, RR and P&W are the primary makers of jet engines for large commercial aircraft, Ocelot II May 2025 #25

The..."main subject of the thread..." for you maybe. Not me. Liberal In Texas May 2025 #32

LOL, that'll really help all the rural folks that voted for Trumpy! FSogol May 2025 #9

It might help the people who work at Boeing. RR is a major builder of jet engines, Ocelot II May 2025 #12

I never mentioned cars and most MAGAts could care FSogol May 2025 #13

Of course they did 😩 Meowmee May 2025 #14

Why would car buyers be concerned about jet engines? MichMan May 2025 #16

I was kidding 😁 maybe I could have phrased it differently Meowmee May 2025 #17

See above posts. This has nothing to do with cars. Ocelot II May 2025 #18

Yes I realized that... lol Meowmee May 2025 #19

Reminds me of Bush trying to exempt yachts from luxury tax in 1992 wishstar May 2025 #21

These aren't car engines. BannonsLiver May 2025 #22

Was listening to his WH speech as I wrapped a birthday gift and he did mention cars -- allegorical oracle May 2025 #24

There really isn't a deal; there's just a concept of a deal. Ocelot II May 2025 #28

I didn't know RR engines powered so many planes. boonecreek May 2025 #30

Adding yet another costly complex layer of bureaucracy to determine exactly which parts of RR engines are exempt. Hugin May 2025 #34

Shocking! BootinUp May 2025 #36