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Is North Korea Feeling the Heat from China?

Does Beijing really have economic leverage over Pyongyang? And even if they do, are they willing to use it? Manuela Saragosa hears from one expert who has his doubts.

Does Beijing really have economic leverage over Pyongyang? And even if they do, are they willing to use it? Presenter Manuela Saragosa hears from one expert - Professor Stephen Noerper of Columbia University - who has his doubts.

Also in the programme, how will Brexit affect the UK's all important financial services sector? Matthew Price reports from a nervous City of London on the banks, insurance companies and fund managers warily eyeing the door.

(Picture: A North Korean factory billows smoke near the Yalu river on the Chinese border; Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

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