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In the Balance: Brexit, trade and Trump

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21/12/2019 GMT

Brexit, trade and Trump

BBC World Service - In the Balance, Brexit, trade and Trump

Three international economists give their forecasts for the year ahead

What are the political and economic factors to watch in 2020?
Will the trade wars continue, will Brexit get done and who will be the next US president?
Ed Butler is joined by economists Professor Meredith Crowley, Reader in International Economics, University of Cambridge; Guntram Wolff, Director of  Bruegel, an economic think tank and Professor Raghuram Rajan of Chicago Booth School of Business to discuss how the events of 2019 will influence the coming year and give us their forecasts for trends to look out for in 2020.
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