BBCNEWS World Business Report December 22, 2020
Hello and welcome to the programme. More countries closed their borders to travellers from britain on monday, butjust as we go on air the french government says it will announce measures today that would allow transport links with britain to resume and trade to flow across the channel again. The channel is a vital trade route for the uk, with about 10,000 lorries a day travelling between dover and calais in peak periods such as christmas, largely bringing in the freshest produce. Supermarkets here insist they are well stocked for christmas, and the Prime Minister stressed in a press conference...