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	Podcast:		Business Matters
	Episode:		Next Steps for The Indian Economy
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:52:12
	Publish Date:		2018-05-17 01:53:00
	Description:		Companies worldwide are racing to prepare for a new European law on personal information, the General Data Protection Regulation. Alison Cool, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado at Boulder joins us to discuss the wider implications of GDPR. Then, China's ambitious Belt and Road project just saw the first freight train arrive at Antwerp from the Chinese port of Tangshan. Geert Gekiere, Managing Director of Euroports Belgium weighs in on whether this trial run is a game-changer for the industry. With analysts looking at strong GDP figures for India, where are the potential stumbling blocks to further economic growth? BBC Economics Editor Kamal Ahmed spoke with the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan. Irwin Stelzer at the Hudson Institute in Washington weighs in on President Trump’s complex trade negotiations with China, and his new “Be Cool” attitude. Wall Street remains, despite best efforts, more or less a boys' club. The notable exception is 23-year-old Lauren Simmons, the only full-time female broker on the Stock Exchange floor. Our New York Business Reporter Joe Miller went to meet her. All throughout the show we’ll be joined by Alexis Goldstein, an activist and financial reform advocate coming to us from Washington DC, and the journalist and writer Madhavan Narayanan joining from Delhi. (Image description: Raghuram Rajan at a Reserve Bank of India event. Image credit: PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
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