Western leaders - including the Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher , President Carter. Chancellor Schmidt and President Giscard - are in Venice for an economic summit. With the West moving into recession, their decisions will affect us all.
In Venice, Brian Redhead and BBC Economics editor DOMINICK HARROD
In London, John Timpson
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