The Biggest Trade Deal Since Brexit(cast)
Newscast
BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Today, after three years of on-off negotiations the UK and India have agreed a “landmark” trade deal.
Will it make goods cheaper for people in the UK? What does it mean for the number of Indian students coming to the UK? And, does this change the UK’s approach to President Trump’s tariffs? Adam and Chris are joined by Faisal to discuss.
Also, Adam is joined by Professor Dame Jenny Harries as she steps down as head of the UK Health Security Agency. Adam asks her about; how prepared we are for future pandemics, Covid press conferences and why fewer people might be getting vaccines.
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| 0:25.5 | And also thank you to newscaster Rachel, who said it helped her son revise for his GCSE history exams over the bank holiday weekend. |
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| 0:34.2 | And there's some Germany-related political news today as well, as we record this episode |
| 0:38.4 | of newscast on Tuesday, because it took two attempts for Friedrich Mertz to win the vote in the |
| 0:44.6 | German parliament to actually become the chancellor. And the fact that he lost the first time |
| 0:49.8 | round by just a handful of votes, that's the first time that's happened in the post-war era. |
| 0:55.2 | So that was seen as a bit of a bumpy start for his new chancellorship. |
| 0:59.3 | So German politics, just as interesting now as it was then. |
| 1:02.7 | And there's plenty of other news happening in the world for us to talk about on this episode of Newscast. |
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