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The presidents of the US and China are meeting in person for the first time in a year, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group summit in San Francisco. We consider what could be on the agenda.

Sales of electric vehicles remain strong despite the reduction in public incentives to buy them. We find out why.

And we go to Wales to hear how the rise in shoplifting incidents is impacting a supermarket chain.

Rahul Tandon discusses these and more business stories with two guests on opposite sides of the world: NPR's Emily Feng in Taipei and Cleo Capital's managing director Sarah Kunst in San Francisco.

(Picture: U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, November 14, 2022.Picture credit: Reuters)

The agreement could be the first of its kind, but how easy will it be to reach a consensus?

Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr. has appeared in court as part of a civil case against the former US president. Our reporter in New York was watching proceedings.

And a researcher tells us why employees find Zoom meetings boring, and what managers can do to make them more engaging.

Rahul Tandon discusses these and more business stories with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Kimberly Adams from Marketplace, in Washington DC, and Han Lin who is China Country Head at the Asia group, in Shanghai.

(Picture: Employees sort plastic bottles at the Weeco plastic recycling factory at the Athi River industrial zone near Nairobi, Kenya, May 15, 2019. Picture credit: Reuters)

On Thursday, the French President, Emmanuel Macron, hosted a conference in Paris aimed at co-ordinating aid for Gaza.

Today, BBC Europe editor Katya Adler, has been speaking to him. She started by asking Mr Macron about his reaction to the Hamas attacks in southern Israel on 7th October, which killed at least 1,200 people, and the Israeli response, which the Hamas-run authorities in Gaza say has left more than 11,000 people dead.

We also will talk about the meeting between US and China leaders - Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. And we will discuss the spending power during Diwali celebration.

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The 10th annual Hollywood Diversity report says top TV shows are improving representation. Also, the US says Israel will make a daily pause in the fighting in Gaza for four hours. Plus, if being micromanaged is bad for your health, what makes for a good boss? And a Texas steakhouse chef on why beef prices are reaching record levels.

Rahul Tandon is joined throughout the show by Dante Disparte, Head of Global Policy for Circle, a financial technology firm in Washington DC, and Mehmal Sarfraz, a journalist and co-founder of the news website Current.pk in Lahore, Pakistan.

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With less than 12 months to go until the US presidential election, five Republican candidates took to the stage to promote their candidacy.

The frontrunner for the selection, former President Donald Trump, missed the debate, instead attending a rally in Miami.

Sam Fenwick hears the latest from the debate, and discusses other business stories from around the world with Steven Bertoni, Senior Editor with Forbes in New York, and Rachel Pupazzoni, Business Reporter with ABC news in Perth, Australia.

(Picture: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks as former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy and U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) listen at the third Republican candidates' U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Mike Segar)

Research from the New York Fed shows the amount of credit card debt has been rising every quarter for the past two year with more people missing payments.

The $154 billion increase in credit card debt is the biggest since the organisation started tracking data in 1999.

Sam Fenwick discusses this and more global business news stories with Satoshi Shimoda, senior reporter at Nikkei newspaper in Tokyo, and Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist at Invesco in New York.

(Picture: Shoppers cross Sixth Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Bing Guan)

Donald Trump has testified in a New York court as he fights a civil fraud trial that threatens to crush his real estate empire.

The former president is accused of fraudulently inflating the value of his properties to secure favourable loans.

Sam Fenwick gets the latest and discusses this and more of the world's biggest business stories with Peter Morici, economist from the University of Maryland.

(Picture: Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the courtroom after attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese touches down in Beijing this weekend and he will be the first Australian leader to visit China in seven years. Will these two nations finally bury the hatchet – we will get the latest.

In the US President Biden is hosting leaders from Latin America - we will be hearing from the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment from the US to talk about the trade ties there.

And there is a rising fashion trend at the moment called 'dupes' - we look at the business of copycats handbags.

(Photo: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in November 2022. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Sam Bankman-Fried, who once ran one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering at the end of a month-long trial in New York. We hear the latest reaction from the US and what this will mean for the former 'crypto king' as well as how his empire came crashing down.

Also, the US House of Representatives has voted in favour of sending more than fourteen billion dollars of security aid to Israel.

And we look at why more women are now choosing MBA programs in the US and how they are being supported in various business school.

(Picture: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried exits United States Court in New York City, New York in June Credit: Reuters)

The US Federal Reserve has left interest rates unchanged at a 22 year high in a bid to stabilise price rises which has reached record levels. We'll be getting the latest reaction from a business in the US.

Shares in the world's biggest offshore wind developer Orsted has fallen all because they abandoned a project to build two huge wind farms off the east coast of the United States. We hear why it seems so hard to get these developments of the ground.

And would you fancy a 70-hour working week? Well one man in India has sparked a debate in the country with this call saying young Indian professionals need to work harder and longer.

(Picture: US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell delivers remarks after the Fed refrained from raising interest rates. Picture credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)