Interview special: Liz Truss
Political Fix
Financial Times
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In the fifth and final of our summer specials, Sebastian Payne meets Liz Truss, international trade secretary and minister for women and equalities.
Truss is the most popular member of Boris Johnson’s government, and a keen advocate of a buccaneering policy of striking free trade deals with everyone and everywhere. We explore the economic worth of such agreements, what’s coming down the tracks and how her agenda may play into her own political future.
Produced by Howie Shannon. The sound engineer was Breen Turner.
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| 0:33.0 | After leaving the EU, what is Brexit Britain's trading role in the world? |
| 0:38.0 | Boris Johnson has declared the country will be a beacon of liberal principles. |
| 0:42.6 | We are re-emerging after decades of hibernation as a campaigner for global |
| 0:48.2 | free trade and frankly it is not a moment too soon because the argument for this fundamental |
| 0:54.4 | liberty is now not being made. |
| 0:59.9 | Welcome to Payne's Politics, your insider guide to British politics from the Financial Times. |
| 1:05.1 | I'm Sebastian Payne. In our fifth and final summer interview special, |
| 1:09.2 | I'm delighted to be joined by Liz Truss, the Secretary of State for International Trade |
| 1:13.4 | and Minister for Women in Equalities. According to the Conservative Home website, |
| 1:17.9 | Truss is the most popular member of Boris Johnson's Government, a keen advocate of a |
| 1:22.3 | buckening policy of striking free trade deals with anyone and everywhere. We'll be exploring |
| 1:27.6 | the economic worth of such agreements, what's coming down the tracks and how that agenda may play |
| 1:32.4 | to our own political future. Liz, welcome to Payne's Politics. |
| 1:36.0 | Hi Sebastian, great to see you. How's your summer been? Have you managed to have much |
| 1:39.6 | of a break from departmental work? I did get away on a holiday but there's been quite a lot of work |
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