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World Service,28 Feb 2025,26 mins

Free trade for India and EU?

World Business Report

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The European Union has said today it hopes to conclude a free trade agreement with India by the end of this year. This is 18 years since negotiations first started. In China, the technology minister Jin Zhuanglong has been removed office, seemingly as part of President Xi Jinping’santi-corruption purge. We mark the end of Skype, the original internet calling app. And Gideon Long speaks to a man who sued India's largest cinema chain because there were too many advertisements.

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