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Business Matters: US house set to approve $1.9 trillion stimulus

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27/02/2021 GMT

US house set to approve $1.9 trillion stimulus

BBC World Service - Business Matters, US house set to approve $1.9 trillion stimulus

US house prepares to pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package

The US House of Representatives prepares to pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package to help provide support during the Covid-19 Pandemic, we speak to the Wall Street Jounal's Kristina Peterson about what new measures the bill includes. US Treasury Secretary holds talks on global digital tax reforms with her counterparts at the G20, we're joined by the FT's Washington Bureau Chief James Politi to discuss whether this will finally end the trans-Atlantic deadlock.  

Also in the programme, three decades after the cult classic Eddie Murphy film Coming to America was released, a sequel will be screened on Amazon Prime from next week. We ask South African actor Nomzamo Mbatha, who stars in the new production, how the west's portrayal of Africa has changed since the 80s. Plus Pokemon hits 25, we find out just how the creature collecting game has kept everyone catching 'em all for so long

The BBC's Fergus Nicoll is joined by Radio New Zealand's Colin Peacock in Auckland. 
 
(Picture: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a press conference. Picture credit: EPA.)

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