Voices in the media have clamoured that we should buy British first, foreign if need be.
I agree, but if we want to start putting work into British hands - and we are certainly going to need to during our long and coming recovery, we could start with cars.
Motor the streets of Europe and look at the badges of the passing cars. In Germany 90 per cent are German, in France 85 per cent French. Here under 50 per cent are British.
Yet our foreign car import bill costs us many billions. We make excellent cars here and could start our economic recovery by ensuring that only very special cars are Europe-made.
With just days until the deadline, the United Kingdom and European Union agreed to a post-Brexit trade deal on Thursday, signaling the end of a four-year saga that engulfed British politics and exposed a deep cultural divide that shows no signs of healing. "I'm very pleased to tell you this afternoon that we have completed our biggest trade deal yet," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at a televised news conference, championing the agreement that he said would be worth 660 billion pounds a year (about $890 billion). Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, the E.U.'s executive branch, said at a separate news conference: "It was a long and winding road but we have got a good deal to show for it."