Trade Gap: the Spectre at the Feast
Ten years ago this week, a Conservative government came to power committed to a radically different approach to managing the economy. A decade later, the United
Kingdom faces an all-too-familiar problem - a huge trade deficit. Why has
Mrs Thatcher 's supply side policy so far failed to make an impact on Britain's deep-seated tendency to import? Nisha Steyn reports. Producer JEREMY BRISTOW
Deputy editor CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Editor DAVID NISSAN