UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have recently had 'productive negotiations' about the economic relationship between the UK and US.
The leaders have agreed to keep discussions going ahead of the US' much-anticipated tariffs update this week.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey says the UK will want to avoid any negative economic impacts that come with these tariffs.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Devin Gray's our UK correspondent, Gavin.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hello, Hi, that good evening.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good evening. Now, Liberation Day is fast approaching. This is
the US side of it. But the terrorists that could
have ventuate as a result would be really devastating for
the UK. But there's a potential deal here and actually
the soundings coming from both your side and the Washington
actually sounding relatively positive. How has it engaged?
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yes, yeah, I think that's about right.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
So there was a call last night at our time,
less than twelve hours ago between our Prime Minister Sekirir
Starmer and Donald Trump, the US President. The difference I
think that the UK is arguing over many other nations,
particularly the EU block as a whole, is that the
UK has a relatively equal trading relationship with the US
compared to its other partners. In other words, we import
(00:49):
as much from the UI export in a rough way.
We're also very fearful, of course, as men are, about
what it'll do to our economy if they do tariffs
and we five back with tariffs.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
The governments that have official.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Watchdog on these things, the Office for Budget Responsibility, says
that a reciprocal trade war could wipe billions from the
economy with the GDP next year at point six percent
lower than forecast and one percent lower than next year.
So this is big, big deals to be done, and
apparently the phone call went well, but of course it
is a bit of a race against time as these
(01:24):
taxes are you in shortly. But the government here as
well making it clear that actually they are willing and
ready to reciprocate with trade taxes if necessary, but that
is something that I think they're desperate to avoid because
of course, if there is less growth in this economy,
it'll mean that the current forecasting for how the economy
is going to go will be way off, and that
(01:46):
means that it's going to wipe out that headroom for
the finance minister when it came to her plans for
taxing the economy and spending and saving money.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
The Marine pin right right wing candidate in France, she's
going to have a bit of a moment shortly before
the courts.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah, this is really crucially important for her future as
a politician, but also I think for the politics of France.
So she is due in court in just a couple
of hours time now for a verdict on a trial
targeting her National Rally party and also targeting her Now
she stands accused of using European Union parliamentary money in
(02:31):
order to pay party salaries Ryan and of course that
is not allowed. Those are the accusations which she denies.
Now the prosecutors are suggesting not just a fine, fairly
hefty more than half a million New Zealand dollars, but
also a prison term and get this and an ineligibility
from running for public office for five years. In other words,
(02:52):
she would have to go and be dropped from the
twenty twenty seven presidential race. Now currently she is sitting
very very firmly at the top of the opinion polls
in some of these things, certainly first or second place.
And so consequently, if she is banned from basically standing
for public office for five years, that would completely scupper that.
(03:16):
And indeed there are senior figures also within her party
also on trial at this affair, so that would really
leave her a thorough handicap to trying to run in
twenty seven, and something that would be difficult to overturn
in time for her fourth presidential race and the one
offering the greatest chance of victory for.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Her yeah, interesting stuff now not as interesting as this.
This Polish election story. The president's elections story quite a
good one. What's happened?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
So yeah, the Polish presidential election now in a couple
of months. One of the main candidates at the moment.
The second set of favorite is a guy called Carol Narorik,
and he has been widely ridiculed after its emerged that
he went on television disguised to praise a book. What
(04:06):
we didn't know at the time was the book he
was praising was one he had written. He wrote this
book that is about basically mafia and gangland related crime.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Its fiction.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Obviously that he had gone on wearing dark glasses and
a big coat and seemed to be slightly out of focus,
creating a pseudonym for himself and saying what a great
book this was, how it really inspired this historian that
he claimed to be, and also a social media post
saying that he had met the author, saying how good
it was to meet him, and that the author thanked
(04:41):
him for this interesting book.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
All very very bizarre.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
It has created a storm of mockery on Polish social media,
although it has to be said that Carol Naraki himself
is not that.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Bothered about it.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
He said, literary pseudonyms are nothing new in Polish academia,
and then praised himself again. There was only one historian
in Poland who had the courage to study organized crime,
and I was that historian.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
He says, So he's kind of doubling down on this.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
But yeah, plenty of Polish people finding this very amusing
and wondering if he's going to stand this his real
self or as his disguise self.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Bobby each way to go with both, I'd say, Gavin,
thank you for that. Givin Gray at UK Correspondent.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
For more from Hither Duplessy Alan Drive, listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
Devin Gray's our UK correspondent, Gavin.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hello, Hi, that good evening.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good evening. Now, Liberation Day is fast approaching. This is
the US side of it. But the terrorists that could
have ventuate as a result would be really devastating for
the UK. But there's a potential deal here and actually
the soundings coming from both your side and the Washington
actually sounding relatively positive. How has it engaged?
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yes, yeah, I think that's about right.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
So there was a call last night at our time,
less than twelve hours ago between our Prime Minister Sekirir
Starmer and Donald Trump, the US President. The difference I
think that the UK is arguing over many other nations,
particularly the EU block as a whole, is that the
UK has a relatively equal trading relationship with the US
compared to its other partners. In other words, we import
(00:49):
as much from the UI export in a rough way.
We're also very fearful, of course, as men are, about
what it'll do to our economy if they do tariffs
and we five back with tariffs.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
The governments that have official.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Watchdog on these things, the Office for Budget Responsibility, says
that a reciprocal trade war could wipe billions from the
economy with the GDP next year at point six percent
lower than forecast and one percent lower than next year.
So this is big, big deals to be done, and
apparently the phone call went well, but of course it
is a bit of a race against time as these
(01:24):
taxes are you in shortly. But the government here as
well making it clear that actually they are willing and
ready to reciprocate with trade taxes if necessary, but that
is something that I think they're desperate to avoid because
of course, if there is less growth in this economy,
it'll mean that the current forecasting for how the economy
is going to go will be way off, and that
(01:46):
means that it's going to wipe out that headroom for
the finance minister when it came to her plans for
taxing the economy and spending and saving money.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
The Marine pin right right wing candidate in France, she's
going to have a bit of a moment shortly before
the courts.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah, this is really crucially important for her future as
a politician, but also I think for the politics of France.
So she is due in court in just a couple
of hours time now for a verdict on a trial
targeting her National Rally party and also targeting her Now
she stands accused of using European Union parliamentary money in
(02:31):
order to pay party salaries Ryan and of course that
is not allowed. Those are the accusations which she denies.
Now the prosecutors are suggesting not just a fine, fairly
hefty more than half a million New Zealand dollars, but
also a prison term and get this and an ineligibility
from running for public office for five years. In other words,
(02:52):
she would have to go and be dropped from the
twenty twenty seven presidential race. Now currently she is sitting
very very firmly at the top of the opinion polls
in some of these things, certainly first or second place.
And so consequently, if she is banned from basically standing
for public office for five years, that would completely scupper that.
(03:16):
And indeed there are senior figures also within her party
also on trial at this affair, so that would really
leave her a thorough handicap to trying to run in
twenty seven, and something that would be difficult to overturn
in time for her fourth presidential race and the one
offering the greatest chance of victory for.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Her yeah, interesting stuff now not as interesting as this.
This Polish election story. The president's elections story quite a
good one. What's happened?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
So yeah, the Polish presidential election now in a couple
of months. One of the main candidates at the moment.
The second set of favorite is a guy called Carol Narorik,
and he has been widely ridiculed after its emerged that
he went on television disguised to praise a book. What
(04:06):
we didn't know at the time was the book he
was praising was one he had written. He wrote this
book that is about basically mafia and gangland related crime.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Its fiction.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Obviously that he had gone on wearing dark glasses and
a big coat and seemed to be slightly out of focus,
creating a pseudonym for himself and saying what a great
book this was, how it really inspired this historian that
he claimed to be, and also a social media post
saying that he had met the author, saying how good
it was to meet him, and that the author thanked
(04:41):
him for this interesting book.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
All very very bizarre.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
It has created a storm of mockery on Polish social media,
although it has to be said that Carol Naraki himself
is not that.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Bothered about it.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
He said, literary pseudonyms are nothing new in Polish academia,
and then praised himself again. There was only one historian
in Poland who had the courage to study organized crime,
and I was that historian.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
He says, So he's kind of doubling down on this.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
But yeah, plenty of Polish people finding this very amusing
and wondering if he's going to stand this his real
self or as his disguise self.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Bobby each way to go with both, I'd say, Gavin,
thank you for that. Givin Gray at UK Correspondent.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
For more from Hither Duplessy Alan Drive, listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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