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French GDP growth rose from 0.5% to 0.6% in the last three months of 2017. Christopher Dembik is head of macroeconomic analysis at Saxo Bank, and tells us what's behind the improved economic picture. Also in the programme, ahead of President Trump's first State of the Union address to the US Congress tonight, our reporter Fergus Nicoll has been taking the temperature of the US economy on a road trip through Ohio. Plus the actor Meryl Streep is taking out a trade mark on her name. Kate O'Rourke is the president of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys in the UK, and explains the thinking behind such a move.

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