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Business Matters: Two Days Until Britain Decides On EU

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Two Days To Go Until Britain Decides On EU

21/06/2016 GMT

Two Days Until Britain Decides On EU

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Two Days Until Britain Decides On EU

Will the world's fifth largest economy leave the world's largest trading bloc?

On Thursday the people of Britain decide whether to stay in or leave the European Union. Will the world's fifth largest economy leave the world's largest trading bloc?

There are just two days to go until the people of Britain vote on whether to stay in or leave the European Union. Will the world's fifth largest economy leave the world's largest trading bloc? 

We hear from people at two companies on either side of the great Brexit divide. Simon Boyd, a Director of John Reid and Sons, an engineering firm in the south of England which backs the Leave campaign. And Robert Lawson, a production manager for Diamond Dispersions, a chemical business in the northern English city of Sheffield which is firmly in the Remain camp. We first spoke to them back in February when the EU referendum was announced, but thought we'd find out if anything had changed their mind.

The referendum is attracting a lot of attention globally. Alan Bollard, Executive Director of APEC (the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum) tells us APEC members will not be directly exposed to the vote in the short term. 

Many global businesses want to selling their goods in India, one of the world's fastest growing economies.But foreign companies have found it hard to operate there because of rules restricting foreign investment and ownership. Now the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced new reforms to open up large sections of the economy.  Previous government efforts have met with fierce opposition, so what has changed? The BBC's India business editor, Simon Atkinson, in Mumbai explains.

Donald Trump has sacked his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, weeks before July's Repbublican National Convention in Cleveland. He had been by Mr Trump's side since the start of his efforts to win the nomination but is believed to have clashed with political strategists recruited to the Trump campaign more recently. On top of this, Apple has reportedly told the Republican Party it will not provide any support to the convention because of Trump's view on immigrants, women and minorities. For the latest we speak to the man that broke that story, Tony Romm of politico.com.

(Photo: The European and British flags. Credit: Reuters).

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