Enda Brady: UK correspondent on the UK and US gearing up to announce a trade deal

New reports indicate a 'major' trade deal between the US and UK is set to be announced.

US President Trump has teased that a partnership with a 'respected world nation' is in the works - and Downing Street hasn't denied that the UK isn't involved.

UK correspondent Enda Brady speculates further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In the Brady UK corresponding with us. Now, Hey, Inda,
Hey Heather, how are you. I'm very well, thank you.
This is a surprise, this UKFTA with the US, right,
because we thought you people were in the third phase.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Yeah, so we find this out overnight via social media.
President Trump has been busy and there is a major
trade deal going to be announced at three pm UK time.
We're hearing he just teased that. Trump he said it's
with a major respected world nation. Downing Street is not
denying that it is the United Kingdom. So on the

(00:33):
face of it, this is a win for kir Starmer.
But let's have a look at the detail. And it's
interesting the word deal is being used, not agreement, and
I think there's a very big difference between a deal
which could be short term and may see tariffs reduced
as opposed to a long term free trade agreement. But
whatever happens, it's a win for Britain and I guess

(00:56):
Starmer will take it as a win too.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Now does this make you feel list and better? And
how much of a butt Kassa Kistama was.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
Look, I think what we're going to see in the
next couple of days, here's my prediction Turnbury Golf Course
in Scotland, which is owned by Donald Trump. Turnbury Golf
Course in Ayrshire. I reckon they're getting the Open Championship
in twenty twenty eight, and I think that's as much
as is in this It's a transaction, so the tariffs
will go back down to zero from the UK. Trump

(01:24):
gets to come here on a second state visit with
the royal family and all of that makes history. And
then secondly the golf course in Scotland will host the
Open Championship. So look, everyone's running around after this guy.
The whole world. I mean, the smartest person in Europe
has actually been the president of Finland, Alexander Stubb. Educated
at an American university. He plays off scratch at golf,

(01:46):
flew himself to Florida, played around the golf for Trump,
and suddenly Finland has the direct line to the White House.
You couldn't make it up all because of golf.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
It's all about relations relationship since transactional. As you say,
listen this US Tierra plot. What building was the target?

Speaker 2 (02:03):
So there's been a lot of speculation this week. Eight
men were arrested in various different parts of England from
the northwest to Swindon in Wiltshire to West London. Eight
men arrested, seven of them were Iranian. The sas were
involved in these arrests and elite police officers as well,
so heavily armed police officers took these guys into custody.

(02:24):
We learned today the newspapers say that the target was
to be the Israeli embassy in central London. Now that
is a heavily protected building, but clearly the intelligence made
its way to the police and that that was to
be the target of the attack. So Iran, on the
face of everything we're hearing today, Iran with covert operatives

(02:46):
on UK soil were going to atack Israeli people at
their embassy in London. This would have been a bloodbath.
But it's been intercepted.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
Thank god, Inda, thank you so much. Appreciated. Into BRADYUK corresponding.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
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