The Implications of a UK Trade Deal with the GCC

In recent days UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been in the Gulf, notably in Saudi Arabia, to solidify attempts to land a trade deal.? It’s an attempt to show to a wary world that Britain is still open for business, not least in light of a heavily-criticsed Budget from which Keir Starmer is still feeling the political fallout here in London.? The context of Brexit, which Starmer opposed, also looms large.