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US trade officials have published a list of Chinese products that could be hit by new import tariffs -- ranging from television screens to jet engines. How will Beijing respond? Our Business Reporter Kim Gittleson reports from New York.
April 4th marks the deadline for British companies that employ more than 250 people to report their gender pay gap - that's the percentage difference between average hourly earnings for men and women. Some businesses have already submitted their data - and in many cases - particularly in the city of London - the gap has been revealed to be large. They now face the challenge of tackling the problem - under considerable security. So is the conversation changing? Lucy Burton reports.
The concept of a Universal Basic Income - that's to say, a regular monthly allowance from the state, irrespective of employment - is being tried out in different ways in different countries. Back in December, I reported from Helsinki on the Finnish experiment. We've also heard on this programme about the scheme being tried in parts of Canada. In western Kenya, 200 villagers have signed up to a similar scheme - as Anne Soy has been finding out.
Emily Feng, Beijing correspondent for the Financial Times, and Andy Uhler, reporter with our US counterparts Marketplace in Austin Texas, join presenter Fergus Nicoll.
(Employees lift steel products at a steel market in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)