内容摘要："It [the hugging] was massive. It was a pure expression of solidarity and support.

"It [the hugging] was massive. It was a pure expression of solidarity and support.

Shropshire Council'sof the traffic impact suggests one of the routes into Shrewsbury from Bomere, Huffley Lane, will see a 33% reduction in peak traffic levels, but another, Berwick Road, could see a rise of 180%.

Closer to the route of the new road, people have been left angry about the decision, not least because of the environmental impact it will have."I can't really understand, apart from the money, why you'd want to destroy such a lovely spot," said Will Reid, who lives in Shelton.He estimates his house is 70m (230ft) from the proposed road, and is especially concerned about a new bridge over the River Severn that he would be able to see from his window.

"[At the moment] you can see right over the fields, you can even see the river almost all the way down to town," he said.Although Shropshire Council sees the planning permission granted on Tuesday as a key step in the process - along with

the authority says building work is unlikely to start before mid-2025.

It is drawing up a full business case for the road, which will be debated by the full council next year before being submitted to the Department for Transport.If the US importing firm passes on the cost of the tariff to the person buying the product in the US in the form of higher retail prices, it would be the US consumer that bears the economic burden.

If the US importing firm absorbs the cost of the tariff itself and doesn’t pass it on, then that firm is said to bear the economic burden in the form of lower profits than it would otherwise have enjoyed.Alternatively, it is possible that foreign exporters might have to lower their wholesale prices by the value of the tariff in order to retain their US customers.

In that scenario, the exporting firm would bear the economic burden of the tariff in the form of lower profits.All three scenarios are theoretically possible.