EU Lawyer Approves ECB Bond-Buying Programme

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A top EU lawyer says bond buying by the European Central Bank could be legal. But not everyone is convinced it is a good idea. We hear from Berlin-based lawyer Marcus Kerber, who in 2011 tried and failed to get the bailouts of Greece, Ireland and Portugal declared illegal. As the cost of oil falls yet again, British maritime expert Simon Toyne tells us how millions of barrels are set to be stored on the high seas, waiting for an oil price recovery. And we have analysis of the political and economic background to those oil price falls, from US economist Dr Irwin Stelzer, at the Hudson Institute in Washington. Also in the programme, Golda Arthur reports on new ways of making money out of food in New York. And finally, free trade in China. Is it really as free as the authorities there would want the world to believe? Beijing-based business consultant Duncan Clark tells us more.