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for starters, countries will sell to the UK , which will resell to the US at the lowest tarriff rate. Great for the UK, but stupid.

I try to sympathize with trump's deglobalization agenda but it is probably exactly what it seems to be : a colossal stupidity.

Just shipping goods through the UK does not make them UK-origin. They have to have a "substantial transformation".

"Johnnie Walker Champagne"

That’s good, but if you want the really good stuff: Rolls Royce Champagne

Do you have a reference for this? If they’re requiring substantial transformation, how is this assessed and enforced?

It's pretty complicated and case-by-case, and I'm no expert.

In that example, the UK would soon run a trade surplus, and presumably the US would increase their tariff.