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Politicians Consider Details Of Brexit Deal

The British Prime Minister says the UK is "significantly closer" to a Brexit deal.

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, says the UK is "significantly closer" to a Brexit deal. We analyse what members of her cabinet will see in the deal, which was hammered out between civil servants in Brussels and London, as well as hear about what businesses make of it.

Many economic issues are at stake 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.

President Donald Trump is about halfway through his first term in office and after last week's midterm elections the Democrats are expected to ramp up the pressure on the President amid a series of investigations, including a probe into his personal tax affairs. The American economist, Irwin Stelzer, tells us what he expects.

People try to copyright all sorts of things, to protect a new invention or design, but can you copyright a taste? The EU's highest court, the Court of Justice, has ruled that you cannot. The ruling came after a Dutch company, Levola, tried to claim a monopoly on the taste of its cheese spread. We hear why the case stoked controversy in the Netherlands.

(Picture:The flags of the European Union and United Kingdom outside the Houses of Parliament in London. Getty Images)

27 minutes

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Wed 14 Nov 201815:32GMT

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  • Wed 14 Nov 201815:32GMT