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President Donald Trump has sought Prime Minister Theresa May’s advice on pulling out of a deal when you have absolutely no plan in place what to do next. Just one day after announcing America would be pulling out of its mutually beneficial nuclear deal with Iran, Trump has solicited advice from May, who’s vastly more experienced in this particular area of politics. ‘I rang the prime minister last night and we had a fantastic conversation, the best. I did most of the talking,’ began Trump. ‘It’s been nearly two years since Britain voted out of that terrible EU deal and I assume that it’s been nothing but success for them. Theresa told me to stay the course and ignore all criticism, no matter how valid it is.’ But things aren’t completely hopeless between the USA and Iran. Trump would like to bring Iran back to the negotiating table so that the two countries can work together on a new deal. ‘I hope to bring a red, white and blue nuclear deal with Iran to the table very soon,’ Trump finished.

The EEF said an independent industrial strategy council – promised by the business secretary, Greg Clark, in last autumn’s white paper – should be created immediately and given the “urgent task” of setting clear goals for boosting Britain’s manufacturing performance. The employers’ organisation said growth in manufacturing productivity, or output per hour worked, had fallen from 4.7% a year on average between 2000 and 2007 to 1% a year on average since 2008 – but said there had been big variations between different sectors of industry. The EEF said that, overall, Britain’s manufacturing productivity had been the weakest of the four countries since 2009, following a period in which it had performed more strongly. Lee Hopley, the chief economist at the EEF, said: “We’ve known about the productivity problem for some time, with various attempts made to try to fix it across the whole economy. “Manufacturing offers a good area to get gains on productivity growth. The industrial strategy council should now be created urgently and put to task to identify how the overall strategy can improve productivity in those industrial sectors where it has lagged.” Government efforts to tackle Britain’s weak productivity have so far concentrated on economy-wide solutions such as increasing spending on infrastructure and improving skill levels. The EEF said its report, Unpacking the Puzzle, showed there was no one factor that could explain the productivity performance across all manufacturing subsectors and called for targeted solutions. Sectors with a higher share of larger firms tended to outperform internationally. Italy had higher levels of investment in capital equipment compared to Germany but productivity levels in Italy were weaker. Evidence suggested companies with better management capabilities were more likely to have higher rates of productivity growth.

And she is not expected to run for office again. Yet Clinton is starring in the Republican Party's 2018 midterm strategy. With control of Congress up for grabs this fall, the GOP's most powerful players are preparing to spend big on plans to feature Clinton as a central villain in attack ads against vulnerable Democrats nationwide. What she represents, just like what Nancy Pelosi represents, is out-of-touch far-left liberal positions." The national GOP pounced, running digital ads featuring Clinton's comments — and her image — to attack the 10 Democratic Senate candidates running for re-election in states Trump carried. Now, she's called you 'backwards,'" said one ad that targeted Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. Lamb won the election, despite the flood of attack ads. "We're going to make them own her," Republican National Committee spokesman Rick Gorka said. Clinton is a primary target of conservative media, which largely shifted its focus away from President Barack Obama after he left office last year but did not do the same with Clinton, who last served in the government in 2013. Gallup reported this week that Trump's job approval is 39 percent, virtually the same as Clinton's.

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