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World Service,22 Feb 2018,26 mins

Ford Executive Leaves Over Inappropriate Behaviour

World Business Report

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A top executive at the motor company Ford is sacked amid allegations of sexual misconduct. We hear more from Keith Hunt, a Chicago-based lawyer who has been handling cases for women who say they've been mistreated on the shop floor of two of Ford's factories in the city. Also in the programme, we have a report from Calais on preparations being made there for new customs rules after Brexit, and Oliver Conger of British manufacturer Rototherm tells us if he worries about changes to customs procedures after Britain leaves the EU. As diamond miner De Beers unveils its latest earnings, we hear from its chief executive Bruce Cleaver. A federal court in Germany has begun hearing a case on whether to ban diesel cars from two of the country's biggest cities. Greg Archer is an environmental campaigner at Transport and Environment in Brussels, and explains the background to the case. Plus as Britain prepares to celebrate two royal weddings and a birth, our reporter looks at what that will mean for the nation's memorabilia makers. (Picture: Raj Nair by a Ford logo. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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