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World Service,16 May 2018,26 mins

Companies Prepare for EU Data Law Shakeup

World Business Report

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Companies worldwide are racing to prepare for a new European law on personal information. Our reporter in Portugal has been gauging business preparation in the city of Porto. And Rosemary Jay of the law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth explains the implications of the new law. Also in the programme, Kenya is refusing to sign a new free trade agreement with China. The BBC's Africa business editor, Larry Madowo, explains the row. And as talks continue in Washington between the US and China over trade disputes between the two countries, our regular economic commentator Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute tells us what might defuse tensions. Plus we visit the recording studio founded in London by Beatles producer Sir George Martin, which has been put up for sale. (Picture: An eye overlaid with binary code. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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