other economies and also india is not as dependent on export manufacturing in this point in time which plays in its favour. a free trade deal between australia and uk comes into force today, the first the uk negotiated from scratch after it left the european union. westminster has said it will add almost $3 billion to british exports, describing the deal as fantastic . however, the government s own estimates say it will add only 0.08% to the uk economy. uk farmers are also warning they could be undercut by cheap imports, which could costjobs. a uk new zealand deal starts today as well. staying with australia, the parliament has begun a series of hearings to examine the leaking of confidential government tax plans by the accounting firm pwc. the country s treasury says it would be reviewing its contract with the company and the matter has been referred to police for criminal investigation. pwc has suspended nine
that is creating a more supportive growth environment as opposed to some of these other economies and also india is not as dependent on export manufacturing in this point in time, which plays in its favour. a free trade deal between australia and uk comes into force today, the first the uk negotiated from scratch after it left the european union. westminster has said it will add almost $3 billion to british exports, describing the deal as fantastic . however, the government s own estimates say it will add only 0.08% to the uk economy. uk farmers are also warning they could be undercut by cheap imports, which could costjobs. a uk new zealand deal starts today as well. staying with australia, the parliament has begun a series of hearings to examine the leaking of confidential government tax plans by the accounting firm pricewaterhousecoopers. the country s treasury says it would be reviewing its contract
money to get his message out. and that s what comes back to me is important in this race. we have a future of america at stake. we need to be talking about the fentanyl crisis in america. we need to talk about producing more energy and these are the things that i spent my time on in my announcement speech from bentonville, arkansas. and these are important for america. so, we re going to continue to talk about those and i think the debates will what will shape the future of this campaign and i m looking forward to that. bret: you are going to make that stage in the real clear politics average of polls has you at 0.08%. in iowa you are at 1%. you don t show up in the new hampshire polling as of yet. you have talked about it as an uphill battle. but, those are small numbers. how do you paint a picture to somebody who says i like what you are talking about but you are not even in the ballpark. you didn t mention the south carolina poll in which we moved
attempted to gather some information direct from local authorities to get an early picture. and this is what it looks like for the metropolitan district councils. let s look at the top one of those and we can see that in barnsley there were 45,569 total votes cast. 78 people got to the front desk of the polling station but were refused a ballot paper. of those, 41 later returned with the correct id, meaning 37 people tried to vote but were refused, just 0.08% of the votes cast. that number though includes 26,000 postal votes in barnsley so the percentage of polling station voters is much higher. but as we look down the range of percentages of those who tried but were refused a ballot paper, we can see that we are broadly in the same territory of the pilot study in the 2019 local elections that found a refusal
the uk has struck a deal to join a trans pacific trade pact consisting of 11 countries. together australia, brunei, canada, chile, japan, malaysia, mexico, new zealand, peru, singapore and vietnam account for 13% of global gdp. the pact called the comprehensive progressive agreement for trans pacific partnership aims to cut or reduce 95% of import charges or tariffs. but some will be retained to protect sensitive domestic areas. the initial gains for britain will only be marginal, as it already has free trade deals with 9 of the 11 countries involved, and the government s own estimates show being in the bloc will only add 0.08% to the size of the uk s economy. joining me now is marco forgione, dg of the institute of export and international trade. how big a win is this for britain?