Is the Trump-Starmer trade deal really "historic"?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Keir Starmer could only dial in to Donald Trump's press conference, hailing the new US-UK trade deal, but that didn't stop an Oval Office love in between the two leaders.
Starmer praised a "historic" day for both countries, as Trump thanked Starmer, speaking warmly of the special “external and internal bond” between the two countries.
The timing could hardly be better for the Prime Minister, some much needed good economic news after a brutal set of local election results and growing unease on his backbenches about welfare cuts. But is there actually that much to get excited about in this trade deal? Or does it still leave us in a worse place with the US than just a few months ago?
Later, Jon and Emily speak to Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of the Atlantic, and the man who was added to that infamous 'Houthi PC Small Group' Signal chat that ended up with the firing of America's National Security Advisor.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.6 | The US and UK have been working for years to try and make a deal. |
| 0:17.6 | And it never quite got there. |
| 0:19.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:19.6 | It did with this prime minister. So I want to just congratulate. It did with this Prime Minister. |
| 0:21.6 | So I want to just congratulate. |
| 0:23.6 | Well, with this President, this Prime Minister, we've managed to achieve what many people |
| 0:26.6 | have tried to achieve for many years. |
| 0:28.6 | And I'm really pleased. |
| 0:30.6 | And it feels completely historic and on a special eight-year anniversary as well. |
| 0:36.6 | So Donald, thank you so much. |
| 0:38.8 | It's really good to have got this deal over the line. |
| 0:42.9 | Tribute to both teams, tribute to our countries and tribute to your leadership. |
| 0:46.9 | Beautifully timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of VE Day. |
| 0:52.9 | This was the moment that Donald Trump and Kirstama announced a trade deal |
| 0:57.6 | between the two countries. It may have more significance politically than it does economically, |
| 1:03.7 | but whichever way you look at it, it is a moment that we've been waiting for since Brexit. |
| 1:09.0 | And it was a loving between Donald Trump and Kyrsama, |
| 1:13.1 | lavishing praise one on the other. But where does it go to? And the devil is always in the detail. |
| 1:21.2 | And what we know so far is a broad picture, not the detail. Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:31.4 | The newsagents. |
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