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	Podcast:		World Business Report
	Episode:		Macron Promises Minimum Wage Rise
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:26:26
	Publish Date:		2018-12-11 10:10:00
	Description:		France's President Macron has promised billions of euros in concessions to protesters. Sophie Pedder of The Economist in Paris tells us whether the proposals are likely to quell the protests that have rocked the country over the last few weeks. Also in the programme, British prime minister Theresa May is meeting European leaders and EU officials for talks aimed at rescuing her Brexit deal. Richard Tice is the founder of Leave Means Leave, and argues the case for leaving without a deal, and negotiating a free trade agreement with the EU. And we hear from Andy McDonald, shadow transport secretary for Britain's opposition Labour Party. Google's chief executive Sundar Pichai is giving evidence to Congress in the United States today. Tim Hwang of Harvard University is a former global public policy lead for artificial intelligence at Google, and tells us what the lawmakers want to know. Plus our reporter in Kolkata looks at the arguments in India for cutting down the number of festive holidays in the country.
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