Second-hand clothing can help countries meet environmental targets and drive economic growth, but it needs support. A new report says governments need to help unleash the sector's economic potential. Karina Bolin, president of Humana People to People Italia, says it's important to focus on textiles of good quality, rather than fast fashion. Also in the show: the Nobel Prize for Economics recognises work on reducing nations' inequality, and Barcelona sees fresh protests against mass tourism. 

France's Economy and Industry ministers, Antoine Armand and Marc Ferracci, are heading to Lisieux this Monday to visit the production sites of popular headache reliever Doliprane. The visit takes place after the maker of the pill, French pharma group Sanofi, said it was in talks to sell off its consumer health business to a US private equity firm. The deal has raised fears for French health sovereignty and job security. We also take a look at the 2024 Paris Motor Show, which kicks off Monday.

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier will hold a cabinet meeting this Thursday where he'll unveil his budget plan for 2025. His bid to reduce the deficit from 6.1 percent of GDP will be looked at closely on international bond markets and by the country's disparate political forces. Also in this edition, FRANCE 24's Liza Kaminov looks back at the life of Indian business tycoon Ratan Tata, who has passed away aged 86.

The US Justice Department has told a federal judge that it is mulling over recommending that Google be forced to sell parts of its operations, as a way to tackle the monopoly the tech giant holds over the online search market. This could be the biggest antitrust move in the country since the attempted breakup of Microsoft two decades ago. We discuss this and the latest figures detailing the US public deficit with venture capitalist and founder of Heroic Ventures, Michael Fertik.

Global trade tensions are heating up, as China announces new tariffs on imports of European brandy. The move follows the EU decision to raise tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, following similar moves by the US and Canada. Greta Peisch, a partner at Wiley Rein LLP and former General Counsel for the US Trade Representative, explains why French cognac producers are set to bear the brunt of the latest tariffs, and what's next for US-China trade relations. 

China's economic planners held a highly anticipated press conference this Tuesday to announce new measures that could boost the country's lagging consumer demand. But the measures fell short of expectations for investors on the stock market, who were expecting major stimulus instead. Also in this edition: Samsung apologises for missing expectations in its latest profit guidance, despite profits being up an estimated 274 percent on an annual basis. Plus, Ghanaians protest the illegal gold mining boom in the country.

Since the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, Israel's economy has struggled to weather the storm of the war in Gaza. Some of its sectors, like defence and technology, have continued to grow while others, like tourism, agriculture and construction, have been badly hit. Meanwhile, the scale of destruction in the Gaza Strip means it will take decades for the territory to rebuild. We take a closer look.

US crude oil jumped slightly after US President Joe Biden said he was "discussing" an Israeli strike on Iranian oil facilities. Chaos builds for shippers as US dockworkers enter their third day of strike action. In several cities across the US, the cost of childcare is overtaking the cost of housing, weighing heavily on families, particularly women. Plus, after a seven-year break, construction of the world's tallest skyscraper in Saudi Arabia has resumed.

OpenAI, the company behind artificial Intelligence chatbot ChatGTP, has secured new financing to the tune of $6.6 billion from a variety of investors. The start-up is now valued at $157 billion, on par with such groups as Uber or AT&T. It will have to commit to converting to a for-profit company within two years. Also in this edition: Argentinian students protest the government's freeze on higher education spending and US President Joe Biden calls on port employers to end the dockworkers' strike.

Global benchmarks for oil prices were steadily rising on Wednesday, a day after Iran fired a barrage of missiles against Israel in retaliation for the Israeli army's offensive against Hezbollah. In this edition, FRANCE 24's Charles Pellegrin explains why this could change the trajectory of global oil prices, how the world's energy supply could be affected and what this could mean for the global economy.