Who鈥檚 the real winner from the UK鈥檚 trade deal with the US?
And what does it mean for tariffs, American beef and steel?
At a press conference inside the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump - with the British PM Keir Starmer on the phone - announced changes to tariffs which included steel, aluminium and car exports. In return, the UK government made concessions on imports of ethanol and American beef, with Keir Starmer calling it a 鈥榝antastic, historic day鈥�.
Justin and Anthony unpack the politics behind the deal, asking who is the real winner? With accusations that the UK has caved in too easily to American demands on beef and ethanol, what does today鈥檚 announcement mean for the U.S. economy and its trade tariffs with China?
Also today, Justin gets an insider鈥檚 account of the 鈥渄elusion and denial鈥� inside Joe Biden鈥檚 curtailed 2024 presidential campaign with his former biographer Chris Whipple, who details the final months in his new book Unchartered.
HOSTS:
鈥� Justin Webb, Radio 4 Presenter
鈥� Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
GUEST:
Chris Whipple, Journalist and Author of 鈥淯nchartered: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History鈥�
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