Argentina, for a long time one of the world's most troubled economies, has seen its economy grow. Could this be the end of years of economic crisis? We'll take a look at whether that growth is sustainable and delve into how much of it is to do with the radical policies of the country's president Javier Milei. Also today, we consider what the future holds for the ECOWAS trading bloc in West Africa, as three countries formally file to leave. You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us a voicenote: +44 330 678 3033. We’d love to hear from you!
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Hello and welcome to World Business Report on the BBC World Service.
Will Bain with you again today?
Great as always to have your company today.
Argentina, for a long time one of the world's most troubled economies has seen its economy grow.
Could this finally be the beginning of the end of years of economic crisis?
Also on the program today we hear questions about what the future holds for the ECOWAS trading bloc in West Africa as three countries formally filed to leave.
Well, what do we do?
Do we have to now impose taxes because they come in using the ECOWAS protocol on goods and services to come and trade and go back.
And also today, most people's Christmas lists now are just skincare and makeup and all these like products.
But a few years ago it was.
Probably like, oh, I want this toy and this toy.
So I think it's definitely taken over.
Yeah.
More on why kids are apparently asking for anti aging skincare products a little later on in the program got an interesting investigation from Hannah Mullane on our team that were here.
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In particular, if you're listening to us in Argentina today, we'd love to get your thoughts on whether the economic stats match up with how you're feeling about your personal finances at the moment.
Because for a long time Argentina was known as really a kind of byword for economic turmoil, wasn't it?
But today it's moving from recession into economic growth.