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World Service,19 Jul 2018,26 mins

EU Issues Warning Over No-Deal Brexit

World Business Report

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The European Union has advised member states to step up preparation for a no-deal Brexit. We hear from Rebecca Christie, a freelance journalist based in Brussels about what this means going forward. The chief executive of Zeebrugge port in Belgium, Joachim Coens, explains the implications of a no-deal scenario. We have a markets update from Mark Kepner at Themis Trading in New Jersey. Also in the programme, the British fashion label Burberry has acknowledged setting fire to more than $37m of unwanted products this year. Fashion journalist Karen Kay tells us about the dismay expressed by many consumers and environmentalists. We have a report from Russia on a pollution scandal that has engulfed the city of Chelyabinsk in the country's Ural region. Plus, executive coach Julie Cohen gives us her take on the latest Fortune magazine list of the most influential business people under the age of 40. (Picture: A queue of lorries. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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