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The UK cabinet has backed a draft withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU, Prime Minister Theresa May has said, after a "long, detailed and impassioned debate" in a five-hour cabinet meeting. Prime Minister May said it was a "decisive step" in the progress of Brexit, and would allow the long-awaited agreement to be finalised. We'll hear from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's Rob Watson on how this deal came about.
Many economic issues are at stake with Brexit, including the future of the British fishing industry, which had hoped to benefit from the deal. We get a report from the UK's busiest fishing port, Peterhead in Scotland.
Also in the show, the leaders of the countries making up the ASEAN group are meeting in Singapore. High on the agenda is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a massive trade deal backed by China. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s Sharanjit Leyl joins from Singapore, on the current state of talks.
Michael Hudson is an eminent economist, one of the few to have predicted the crash of 2007/08. He joins the show to speak about his latest book, ‘And forgive them their debts’ which explores the history of debt cancellation throughout ancient history, and what lessons it offers to the world of debt crises we live in today.
And finally, a famous US TV host says the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has a little buzzer under his shirt that will summon his assistants to get him out of a meeting. Liz Brewer is a former diary editor of Tatler and an expert on social behaviour and etiquette. She tells us what she makes of the practice.
All through the show we’ll be joined by Madhavan Narayanan, freelance writer and former senior editor at the Hindustan Times, from Delhi.