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US Vice President JD Vance has blamed immigration for Britain stagnating.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Tuesday, he claimed the West \u201cgot lazy\u201d by using \u201ccheap labour\u201d to substitute productivity. <\/p>\n

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Addressing a group of tech chiefs in Washington DC, the VP said: \u201cI\u2019d say that if you look in nearly every country, from Canada to the UK, that imported large amounts of cheap labour, you\u2019ve seen productivity stagnate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not a total happenstance. I think that the connection is very direct.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He added that the US has also been \u201caddicted to cheap labour\u201d during its \u201c40 years of failed economic policy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speaking about US President Donald Trump\u2019s recent tariffs, Vance claimed they were necessary to protect American jobs and industries from other nations.<\/p>\n

Trump recently imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Mexico and Canada, and has threatened 200 per cent on European alcohol.<\/a><\/p>\n

He also dragged the UK into his global trade war <\/u><\/a>after slapping a 25 per cent tariffs on worldwide steel and aluminium imports.<\/p>\n

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  Vance argued that the tariffs along with technological advances would help the US rebuild its manufacturing base. <\/p>\n

  He explained that by imposing tariffs on a vital industry like auto manufacturing, pairing it with advanced robotics, lower energy costs, and other productivity-boosting tools for American workers, it creates a multiplying effect. <\/p>\n

  \u201cNow that, in turn, allows firms to make things here at a price-competitive basis,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

  The American VP\u2019s comments come as he has been a fierce critic of the UK since assuming his role.<\/p>\n

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  Speaking at the Munich Security Conference last month, he hit out at countries in Europe for restricting free speech, citing the example of Adam Smith-Connor, who was arrested after praying silently outside an abortion clinic in Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

  In his speech, he also singled out the UK’s immigration policies, claiming Brexit voters had been betrayed by elites opening \u201cthe floodgates to millions of unvetted immigrants\u201d.<\/p>\n

  Vance was also recently accused of disrespecting Britain\u2019s troops, after appearing to claim that the UK and France had not fought a war in 40 years<\/a> – which he has denied.<\/p>\n

  More than 600 British troops were killed between 2001 and 2014, fighting alongside the US in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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