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HARDtalk: Digby Jones, Former Trade Minister

09/03/2009

Digby Jones, Former Trade Minister

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Digby Jones, Former Trade Minister

Lord Jones advocates spending government money to save skilled jobs in the recession.

Stephen Sackur asks Digby, Lord Jones, until recently Gordon Brown's hand-picked Minister of Trade, if global protectionism will destroy free enterprise during the recession.

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When the current recession ends, what will be left of British industry? Digby Jones was, until recently, Gordon Brown's hand-picked Minister of Trade. Lord Jones advocates spending government money to save skilled jobs - propping up the manufacturers, not just the bankers. Sackur asks him if the threat of global protectionism will destroy free enterprise.

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