insisted on bringing blue cheese into the negotiations. —— liz truss. hub of singapore now, where mariko oi joins us. so this deal could stink, couldn't it? indeed, sally. and who would have thought, trade talks stalling over blue cheese in particular. i love it, i am not sure how popular it is in japan. apparently liz truss is known to be very, very passionate about british cheese and its place in international markets. and if you remember, this kind of reminds us of the ca rs this kind of reminds us of the cars for cheese trade talks between the european union and japan, before they finally came to an agreement last year. basically, the japanese government says that it cannot give the uk a better deal than that one. so britain and japan are now rushing to secure a deal. as you said, just last week, they were saying that they could achieve an agreement by the end of august, to come into effect injanuary next year. now, blue cheese and other food items could year. now, blue cheese and otherfood items could be year. now, blue cheese and other food items