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Business Matters: Trump Administration Sets Out Budget Plans

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17/03/2017 GMT

Trump Administration Sets Out Budget Plans

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Trump Administration Sets Out Budget Plans

President Donald Trump's proposed budget includes sharp cuts to many US agencies

President Donald Trump has released a budget plan that proposes sharp cuts to many US agencies and increased spending on the military.

Donald Trump's administration has set out its plans for its first budget, including sharp cuts to environment, foreign aid and diplomatic agencies, and increased spending on the military. We hear reaction from Wendy Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State under President Obama and now with the Albright Stonebridge Group.

A huge chunk of the southern area of Chile called Patagonia is being turned into a network of national parks after a donation of me than 400,000 hectares of land by the family of the late US billionaire, Doug Tomkins, co-founder of clothing brand North Face. The Chilean government has said it will add a further 950,000 hectares, and together the network of 17 national parks will cover an area the size of Switzerland.

Plus, what's in a comma? We hear how a punctuation error has cost a US dairy company $10m in a legal dispute about overtime payments.

Roger Hearing is joined by Alison Van Diggelen, host of radio programme Fresh Dialogues in Silicon Valley, California, and Nisid Hajari, Asia Editor for Bloomberg View, in Singapore for comment throughout the programme,

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