UK and EU Agree Draft Political Declaration On Future Relationship
Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
The UK and EU say they've agreed in principle a blueprint for their future relationship after Brexit. Ian Wishart, European government reporter for Bloomberg in Brussels tells us what is in the deal.We have a report on the challenges for non-white people to find products which match their skin tone, and meet businesses launching items from bandages to ballet shoes in more diverse shades. With Thanksgiving firing the starting gun on the holiday shopping season, we find out how retailers are scrambling to adapt to big shifts in how people shop. Plus, Indonesian officials are planning to charge $500 to see Komodo dragons, as opposed to $10. Is this the best way to lessen tourist impact? Tourism academic Dr Freya Higgins-Desbiolles gives us her thoughts.
All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show: Ralph Silva of the Silva Research Network in Toronto, and Sushma Ramachandran, former chief business correspondent for the Hindu, in Delhi.
Photo: Theresa May outside 10 Downing Street. Credit: Getty Images.
Photo: Theresa May outside 10 Downing Street. Credit: Getty Images.
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