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The US and South Korea Sign a Trade Deal

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have signed a trade deal following a bilateral meeting at the United Nations. We get the latest from our reporter in New York, Kim Gittleson. Free health insurance for 100 million of India's poorest families has been officially launched. Vidi Doshi, Delhi correspondent for the Washington Post tells us how the scheme will work, and we find out how doctors are responding from Dr RN Tandon, general secretary of the Indian Medical Association. Two of the world's biggest gold miners, Barrick and Randgold Resources are to merge. Adrian Ash of the online precious metals trader BullionVault explains the implications. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reporter Theo Leggett tells us about the challenges around making safe the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing facility on the northwest coast of England. Countries that fail to invest in heath and education run the most serious risk of seeing their economies stagnate - that's the headline of a striking new analysis of the relationship between human capital and national economies. We hear from Professor Ali Mokdad, Chief Strategy Officer at UW's Population Health department. Plus our regular workplace commentator Pilita Clark considers the lot of the office intern. And joining us throughout the programme are Erin Delmore, a Senior Political Correspondent at Bustle.com; she's with us from New York. And Sushma Ramachandran is the former Business Editor of The Hindu; she's with us from Delhi.

Picture description: South Korea's chief trade negotiator Kim Hyun Chong (R) and South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha
Picture credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

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Tue 25 Sep 2018 00:06GMT

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