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Business Matters: Flynn steps down but questions remain about Russia links

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15/02/2017 GMT

Flynn steps down but questions remain about Russia links

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Flynn steps down but questions remain about Russia links

US administration woes; Youtuber dropped over Nazi jokes; Economist Jeffrey Sachs

Michael Flynn steps down as Trump's National Security adviser but questions persist about links to Russia; Top youtuber dropped by Disney company over Nazi Jokes

The week is young, but it's been marked by surprises and gaffes from the Trump administration. Michael Flynn has already been forced to step down from his role as Donald Trump's National Security adviser, but questions persist over his links to Russia. Newly-nominated Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin raised eyebrows by prioritising sanctions against Venezuela's Vice President in his first address. Plus there are ethical questions over Kellyanne Conway's endorsement of Ivanka Trump's fashion accessories. Roben Farzad - host of NPR's Full Disclosure show - assesses a bumpy week in US politics. 

What happens to shipping businesses on the Great Lakes of North America during the big freeze over winter months? Eve Epstein of Marketplace Radio, who joins us throughout the programme from Portland Oregon, explains all. 

Top Youtuber Pew Die Pie has been dropped by a Disney company after it emerged several of his videos over the past few months featured anti-Semitic slogans and Nazi salutes. The star insists the references were meant to illustrate "how crazy the modern world is". James Vincent of the verge.com tells us why Pew Die Pie has millions of followers around the world and whether this will affect his brand. 

Economist Jeffrey Sachs talks to us about his book "Building the New American Economy". 

Plus, with heatwaves and blackouts focussing attention on energy security in Australia, renewable sources are being seen as key to the nation's power needs, as Phil Mercer explains. 

Fergus Nicoll is also joined throughout from Delhi by Sushma Ramachandran, the former Business Editor of The Hindu.

(Picture: Michael Flynn in a White House briefing - Picture Credit: Win McNamee / Getty Images)

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