New US tariffs killing business tadpoles

Trump's duties tirade is strangling the hopes of small businesses, writes Des du Triou.

- writes Des du Triou.

Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine. I never understood a word he said but I helped him drink his wine.

My neighbour's kid, a budding ecology enthusiast, gave us an impromptu lecture on the life cycle of that pop-up-eyed swamp hopper, Jeremiah. So, first the egg spawn. Laid in a jelly-like mass in water pools, on semi-submerged branches, grass verges, such like.