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World Service,13 Feb 2023,26 mins
Has the air gone out of US China trade relations?
World Business ReportAvailable for over a year
The US has burst what it's called a high-altitude intelligence gathering balloon from China, while the deadline over a dispute between the two countries over the trading of microchips has expired. We speak a former member of the Clinton Administration about what this means for trade relations between the nations. We find out why Ghana's in an arm-wrestle with its pensioners over who's going to foot the bill for its debt problems. And what's behind the low birth rates affecting nations all around the world? (Picture: The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023.Credit: REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo/File Photo)
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