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World Business Report: First broadcast 2018/11/21 15:32 GMT: European Commission at Odds With Italy

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European Commission at Odds With Italy

First broadcast 2018/11/21 15:32 GMT

First broadcast 2018/11/21 15:32 GMT: European Commission at Odds With Italy

BBC World Service - World Business Report, European Commission at Odds With Italy

The Commission says Italy's draft budget is too generous.

In the face of opposition from the European Commission, Rome remains defiant over its budget, saying its spending plans will boost growth and revenues. We hear from Miles Johnson, correspondent for the Financial Times newspaper in Rome.

A key economic advisor to President Trump has said the US may try to have China expelled from the World Trade Organisation. The BBC's Andrew Walker interviews Kevin Hassett of the Council of Economic Advisers.

The West Papua people are unhappy about the mining industry. The environmental journalist and author George Monbiot tells us why.

It's exactly one year since Robert Mugabe resigned as the President of Zimbabwe.The BBC's Shingai Nyoka reports.

And our reporter, Elizabeth Hotson looks at which toys are expected to top Christmas lists.

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