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World Business Report: First broadcast 2017/08/22 22:32 GMT: US Hits Chinese and Russian Companies Over North Korea

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US Hits Chinese and Russian Companies Over North Korea

First broadcast 2017/08/22 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2017/08/22 22:32 GMT: US Hits Chinese and Russian Companies Over North Korea

BBC World Service - World Business Report, US Hits Chinese and Russian Companies Over North Korea

A number of companies accused of helping North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

Washington imposed sanctions on a number of Russian and Chinese companies and individuals it accused of helping North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.  A Chinese official condemned the move as a mistake which should immediately be corrected. Theresa Fallon - Director of the Centre for Russia, Europe and Asia Studies in Brussels, has told us more.
Thousands of Indian banks have been closed after workers went on strike. C H Venkatachalam is general secretary of the All India Bank Employees Association, and explains the impact of the action. 
We have a report from the Netherlands about the business of dying, where plans to further relax euthanasia laws are attracting opposition. Plus Polly Kemp of Equal Representation for Actresses discusses the stark gender pay gap recently revealed by Forbes magazine's latest lists of top paid actors and actresses.

(Picture: Kim Yong-un, leader of North Korea, Getty Images)

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