
Most UK imports tariff-free under no-deal plan
The UK has revealed a plan to remove many import taxes in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
The UK has revealed a plan to remove many import taxes in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Our economics correspondent assesses the proposals, and we get reaction from a number of affected businesses, as well as Angela McGowan, director of the Confederation of British Industry in Northern Ireland. Also in the programme, Nigerian online retailer Jumia is set to become the first African startup to list on the New York Stock Exchange. John Bowker is Africa business editor at Bloomberg, and tells us more about the company. We have a report from Morocco, where female tour guides are narrowing the gender pay gap. Plus our regular economic commentator Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute discusses what the White House's 2020 budget plan, released this week, tells us about President Trump's priorities.
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