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‘We will now open a new chapter in our national story, striking free trade deals around the world’ 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:
Dharshini David, ±«Óãtv Global Trade correspondent
Sam Lowe, partner at Flint Global, a business advisory service where he runs the trade and market access practice
David Henig, Director of the UK Trade Policy Project
Peter Foster, Public Policy Editor of the Financial Times

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Editor: Simon Watts
Studio manager: Rod Farquhar
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