Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,30 Oct 2024,26 mins

Europe's biggest carmaker in deep trouble

World Business Report

Available for over a year

Trouble for Volkswagen as its profits drop and it clashes with unions over possible plant closures, Roger Hearing finds out more. The EU imposes tariffs on electric vehicle imports from China, and there are reports from Beijing that the government is pushing its carmakers not to invest in EU members who backed the tariffs. Britain's new Labour government sets out its first budget with big tax rises it says are needed to restore public services. And we hear from India about the traditional push to buy gold ahead of the Diwali festival.

Programme Website
More episodes