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The Hard Shoulder Highlights

The Hard Shoulder Highlights with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk. Join Kieran every weekday afternoon from 4-7pm for a round-up of the day’s events, interviews with the people at the centre of the stories – and a bit of craic along the way. Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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The Mercosur deal - what is the bigger picture?

On June 28th, The EU and Mercosur states - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, reached a political agreement for a comprehensive trade agreement after 20 years of negotiations. But what exactly does this decades-in-the-making agreement really mean?  Dan O' Brien, who is the Chief Economist at the Institute of International and European Affairs and columnist with Independent newspapers, joined Ivan to discuss.