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World Service,29 Dec 2017,26 mins

Ship Seized Amid Row Over N Korea Oil

World Business Report

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South Korea said the ship had transferred 600 tonnes of oil to a North Korean vessel. There are suggestions, denied by the Chinese, that China was responsible for the shipment. We find out more form China expert Gordon Chang. Also in the programme, it’s been a bumper year for commodities with palladium ending at a 17-year high. IG chief market analyst Chris Beauchamp explains what’s ahead in 2018. We hear from Nairobi why Kenya has banned the sale, production and use of the shisha pipe. Our reporter explains why the defunct bank brand Lehman Brothers has been resurrected as a whisky. Plus, we look back at the year’s big business stories with Nina Trentmann of the Wall Street Journal and Justin Fox from Bloomberg. (Picture: The Lighthouse Winmore ship. Picture credit: AFP.)

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