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There are some notable differences between the two transatlantic TV industries.

Nonetheless, the shock and anger generated in Europe by events of the past week have added fuel to perceptions of a much larger transatlantic rift – of a shifting of the tectonic plates of international relations.

A man's ashes that went missing in the post in a transatlantic mix-up have been found again.

Europeans began to perceive the danger long before Americans did, and now the transatlantic rupture has become unavoidable, even for those wearing reality-distorting Yank-goggles.

Duncan Edwards, chief executive of BritishAmerican Business, a group representing transatlantic firms, said there was a "very strong case to be made" that the UK should be free from all US tariffs.