2024-07-11
49 分钟We hear from Betsey Stevenson, Former Economic Adviser to President Obama, who served on the transition team for the Biden-Harris ticket - as the first Democratic Senator publicly calls for President Biden to stand aside as the party's presidential nominee. Meanwhile the US imposes steel tariffs on Mexico - at least the steel coming from China. We ask whether tariffs are economically the way forward - or backward. Plus in Greece - new regulations are being introduced to limit the areas on beaches that bars and restaurants can use. The rules are intended to leave enough space for the public, who have complained about exorbitant prices charged by beachfront businesses that restrict their free access. Rahul Tandon is joined by Fermin Koop in Argentina and Zyma Islam in Bangladesh to discuss the most important and interesting global business and economic stories.
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Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service.
I'm Rahul Tanden.
Plenty coming up on the program today.
We'll take you to the beaches of Greece and talk about the towel protest there.
Intrigued?
Stay tuned.
And we're looking at the falling cost of lithium batteries and what that means for electric vehicle prices in China.
Electric vehicles are now the cheapest drivetrain in the Chinese market, which is quite at odds with what you see in North America and Europe, where they still come at a significant premium.
As always, I'll be joined throughout the program by two guests on opposite sides of the world.
We have Saima Islam, reporter with the Daily Star in Dhaka in Bangladesh.
An interesting Saima there.
We're talking about electric vehicle prices in China because the lady in charge of Bangladeshina has been meeting President Xi in China, hasn't she?
Yes, I think she just came back from, from China.
Hi, Rahul.
Good morning.