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Trump targets India in trade crackdown

The US will end preferential trade status for India, which offers market access duty-free.

The US will end preferential trade status for India, which offers market access duty-free. Dr Ajay Sahai is chief executive of the Federation of Indian Exporters and explains the likely impact of the move. A series of resignations from the Canadian government have caused a major crisis. Robert Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief of the Globe and Mail newspaper, gives us the latest. And the Pritzker architecture prize has been awarded to 87 year old Arata Isozaki, designer of very eccentric buildings. Dr Julian Worrall of the School of Architecture at the University of Adelaide gives us an insight into Isozaki's work. A rare species of orangutan is under threat, say environmentalists, after they lost a court challenge opposing a Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam project in Indonesia. Primatologist Professor Serge Wich, who was instrumental in discovering the new species, tells us more. Plus we find out what superfoods we are likely to be eating in the future, with an eye on minimising their environmental impact.

(Picture: Narendra Modi and Donald Trump. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

27 minutes

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Tue 5 Mar 201922:32GMT

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  • Tue 5 Mar 201922:32GMT