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World Service,20 Oct 2017,26 mins

EU Paves Way for Brexit Trade Talks to Begin

World Business Report

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EU leaders have agreed to start talking among themselves about a post-Brexit trade deal. Gavin Simmonds is from the UK chamber of shipping, and gives us his reaction to the news. Japanese voters prepare to head to the polls this weekend. Peter Landers is Tokyo bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal, and tells us how economic factors might influence the way people vote. More than 50 cities across North America are bidding to host Amazon's new headquarters. We report on the offers cities are making to attract the web giant. Plus we look back at all the week's big business stories with Stephanie Baker of Bloomberg in London, and Sujeet Indap, from the Financial Times in New York. (Picture: EU leaders at the summit. Picture credit: Reuters.)

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