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US Business Leaders Warn of Impact of Trump Tariffs

More than 300 American companies will testify at a US trade panel in Washintgon DC

More than 300 American companies will testify at a US trade panel in Washintgon DC. Megan Cassella is a trade reporter at Politico in Washington and tells us what we can expect from the hearings. We have a markets update from Peter Jankowskis of Oakbrook Investments in Chicago. After eight years of austerity, Greece has officially exited its bailout programme. We find out what it means for people in the country from Vicky Pryce, the author of Greekonomics, and Costas Lapavitsas, who is professor of economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and was an MP for Greece's governing Syriza party. Also in the programme, in a bid to tackle hyperinflation, Venezuela has introduced a new currency which takes five zeroes off the current currency. Stephen Gibb covers South America for The Times, and tells us how extreme the problem of rapidly rising prices has become. Plus our regular workplace commentator Alison Green asks whether team-building exercises such as sheepdog herding or ice carving actually achieve their intended outcome.

(Photo: President Donald Trump. Credit: Reuters)

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Mon 20 Aug 2018 22:32GMT

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