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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.
(Image: 2020 US election badges; image credit: Getty Images)
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Sun 22 Dec 201919:32GMT
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2020: Africa's decade for trade
Duration: 00:56
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- Sat 21 Dec 201908:32GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Sat 21 Dec 201909:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sun 22 Dec 201901:32GMTBBC World Service
- Sun 22 Dec 201919:32GMTBBC World Service
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