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World Service,18 Sep 2018,26 mins

Tesla Provides Documents in DoJ Probe

World Business Report

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Tesla says it is cooperating with the US Department of Justice following boss Elon Musk's tweets about de-listing. We hear from Dominic Rushie, US business editor for the Guardian. After America ratcheted up the tension in its trade war with China on Monday, Beijing has hit back. We get analysis from Marc Busch, an expert on international trade policy at Georgetown University in the US. BMW, Daimler and the VW group face an EU collusion probe around emissions control systems. Ricardo Cardoso is spokesman for competition policy at the European Commission, and tells us why suspicions arose around possible collusion. We have a report from Sri Lanka over how a government plan for a special economic zone in the south of the island has triggered anger among the local community who fear they may face eviction from their homes. Plus we have a report from London Fashion Week on efforts to improve the diversity of women represented on the catwalk. Picture description: Elon Musk, Chairman, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors Photo credit: VCG/VCG via Getty Images

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