A smooth finish?

Wake Up To Money

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4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What does the lifting of the latest threat of tariffs on US imports mean to one our most lucrative exports to the States. Leanne Byrne speaks to a whisky producer. And, we'll be going over the extraordinary turn of events at the World Economic Forum with our regular Friday panel of business and economic experts. What now for trade relations between the EU and the US? And we'll be delving into the runaway success of The Traitors and finding out why some venues are so excited by the final, they're throwing a party.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts.
0:05.7	Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked.
0:12.7	But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes,
0:18.2	The Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylan, and comedy specials
0:22.2	from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffle and Rommashranganathan. However, maybe I'm biased,
0:27.9	it's really all about The Traitors Uncloaked. So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts,
0:33.4	listen only on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:40.9	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:44.0	Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money.
0:46.2	It's been a bit of a roller coaster week for UK exporters.
0:49.7	We started out with a threat of a fresh round of US tariffs,
0:52.8	then we're ending it with that threat seemingly off the table.
0:56.5	So what does that mean for one of Britain's biggest exports to the United States whiskey?
1:00.9	We'll also be looking back at the extraordinary scenes in Davos with our Friday panel
1:05.7	and asking what that means and what comes next for the EU-US trade relationship. And finally, is it starting
1:12.8	to feel like a season finale or more like a cup final? This is twisted. Just the way I like it.
1:23.0	Yes, that's the last episode of the traders. It is on tonight at half past eight on BBC One.
1:29.1	Some venues are even throwing viewing parties. We'll be digging into how a reality TV show became a national and now global obsession.
1:37.7	Wake Up to Money from BBC Radio 5 Live.
1:41.3	Good morning. Welcome to Wake Up to Money on Friday the 23rd of January. It is just after 5 o'clock. I'm Leanna Byrne. Oh my God. I have had whiplash from this week, Blue Monday, and the drama at Davos. We basically went from a place where there was a possible invasion of Greenland. So that being taken off the table, but then these tariffs on eight
2:02.2	allies that Donald Trump felt like were blocking his ambitions on Greenland. And then there is no
2:07.8	tariffs at all. That was also taken off the table. Thankfully, it is Friday. We're going to talk
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