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World Business Report: First broadcast 2019/08/26 00:06 GMT: G7 summit exposes differences between Europe and the US

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G7 summit exposes differences between Europe and the US

First broadcast 2019/08/26 00:06 GMT

First broadcast 2019/08/26 00:06 GMT: G7 summit exposes differences between Europe and the US

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The summit has been overshadowed by global trade tensions.

The French seaside town of Biarritz has been on lockdown this weekend, as leaders of the world's big economies have been meeting to discuss several challenges, including ways to prevent Brazil burning rainforest to create farmland, with fires currently raging across the Amazon, the 'lungs of the Earth'.
The summit has been overshadowed by global trade tensions, but on Sunday President Donald Trump revealed the United States and Japan have agreed a mutual trade deal. Vicky Pryce, Chief Economist at CEBR explains what she thinks can and cannot be achieved by the heads of state. 

Could Japan make better use of its friendly diplomatic relations in Africa to create economic opportunities? A question for Patrick Smith, Editor of Africa Report. Kai Ryssdal of Marketplace asks how much is a dollar really worth? And independent economist Michael Hughes explains what the price of gold rising at the same time as the price of  bonds means for the global economy.

(Photo: US President Donald Trump, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. Credit: Getty Images.)

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