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World Service,06 Nov 2017,23 mins

'Paradise Papers' Leaked

World Business Report

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Millions of documents leaked from financial services companies around the world have revealed that President Trump's Commerce Secretary has been doing business with a Russian company linked to the Kremlin. The BBC has also found that ten million pounds of Queen Elizabeth's private money has been invested in offshore funds. The BBC's Richard Galpin gives us the latest. Saudi Arabia is freezing the bank accounts of dozens of senior figures including princes and ministers, who have been arrested in a sweeping anti-corruption drive. John Sfakianakis, Director of Economic Research at the Gulf Research Center in Riyadh, gives his reaction. US President Donald Trump is in Japan as part of his tour of Asia. In the aftermath of US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, the US strategy for economic engagement with Asia faces serious obstacles. Mireya Solis, co-director of the Centre for East Asia Policy Studies. explains the significance of the longest visit by a US president to Asia for 25 years.

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