Visa employs about 15,000 people in the US. MasterCard presumably similar.

MasterCard pays about $150m in corporation taxes in the US each year. Visa presumably similar.

These are the benefits that these companies bring to the US.

Yep. Feel like I see more Ioniqs than anything else, although things are gradually diversifying.

BYD is eating everyone’s lunch at the bottom not just Tesla.

It’s not just BYD. SAIC (whose main international brand is MG) isn’t far behind, Chery (whose main brands are Omoda and Jaecoo) are starting to get about too, and there are myriad smaller Chinese marques.

Chinese cars in general are really hitting the market hard.

If you want a UK ketchup, generally stick to the supermarket own brands. Several are manufactured by Greencore, which is a UK catering company. Most are going to be from similar smaller non-brand manufacturers.

Of the brands, both Heinz and Daddies are owned by the same US company. Hellman’s as you say it’s Unilever, so technically British. Tiptree and Stokes, upmarket brands, are both UK. I can’t think of any other brands that are readily available, other than European brands in the world food sections.

Ironic coincidence of the name aside, it appears to be a legit bricks and mortar university in a town called Elon, North Carolina.