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As Britain prepares to host the leaders of the richest democracies in the world at the G7 summit, Nick Robinson begins a week-long series  exploring Britain’s place in the world.

Over five programmes, Nick considers our hard, soft and economic power, our influence and alliances, whether we are we just a Small Island or whether we can be, in Boris Johnson’s phrase, Global Britain?  

4. This Trading Nation

Nick explores the future of British trade - what will Britain will be selling in the future, and who will be buying it? He asks whether the vaccine success story where, according to those involved, Britain was able to move at speed, show flexibility, and encourage innovation, is demonstrative of the potential advantages for a new, nimble Britain outside the world’s biggest trading bloc. Is the vaccine-recipe of world-class academics, innovative finance and flexible regulation one that can be replicated elsewhere?

Nick looks to FinTech, an industry worth £11 billion to the UK economy, and hears from the founder of Starling Bank about what is needed to make the ‘magic’ of FinTech happen. Finally, with both an Indian and Australian trade deal being talked up by the Government, Nick asks a former Australian Prime Minister and a former President of Coca Cola UK, what we can hope for from our trading relationships with these countries.

A Juniper Connect production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4