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	Podcast:		Business Matters
	Episode:		UBS economist put on leave over 'pig' row with China
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:52:39
	Publish Date:		2019-06-14 20:48:00
	Description:		The chief economist at UBS has been put on leave after sparking controversy in China. His comments about the impact of African swine flu in China have caused a row, but many are puzzled as to what exactly was wrong with what he said. The Financial Times' Stephen Morris explains. Also in the programme, Swiss women went on strike Friday in favour of "more time, more pay, more respect". We take a look at the level of gender disparity in the country. Protests have been held across Brazil as thousands of public workers take part in a general strike against a government proposal to reform pensions. The strike, the first since far-right President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January, has affected public transport, schools and banks. The BBC’s Daniel Gallas reports from São Paulo. Kai Ryssdal, the host of our US partner show Marketplace, joins the show to tell us about the former Wall Street trader he met, who set out to learn more about poverty in America. And finally, our reporter in California explains how the ongoing trade war between the US and China is posing a significant challenge for American winemakers. All through the show we’ll be joined by Peter Ryan, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Senior Business Correspondent in Sydney, and Alexis Goldstein, an activist and financial reform advocate in Washington D.C. (Picture: A UBS Group AG logo is displayed atop the One Peking building in Hong Kong. Picture credit: S3studio/Getty Images)
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