UK Trade Deals

Published: Nov. 24, 2022, 8:24 p.m.

\u2018We will now open a new chapter in our national story, striking free trade deals around the world\u2019 said Boris Johnson in December 2020 after the UK struck a deal with the European Union for relations after Brexit. The government say these new deals will help level up the UK, cut red tape, provide better investment opportunities and open new digital markets. But, nearly three years after leaving the EU, what deals have we negotiated, are they providing the benefits we were promised and what challenges lie ahead?

Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are:\nDharshini David, BBC Global Trade correspondent\nSam Lowe, partner at Flint Global, a business advisory service where he runs the trade and market access practice \nDavid Henig, Director of the UK Trade Policy Project\nPeter Foster, Public Policy Editor of the Financial Times

Producers: Ben Carter, Kirsteen Knight and Daniel Gordon\nEditor: Simon Watts\nStudio manager: Rod Farquhar\nProduction co-ordinators: Siobhan Reed & Helena Warwick-Cross