Last year Shropshire Council set up a company to trade services such as legal, finance and IT support, primarily to other public bodies.

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India is reluctant to cut its own farm tariffs but has a big interest in liberalising trade in services, wanting more freedom in everything from finance to health care to entertainment.

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She gutted British trade unions, deregulated finance and presided over an epochal shift from manufacturing to services.

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