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Who's getting federal financial assistance?

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

Small businesses across America are desperately waiting for federal financial assistance but are they getting the help they need? We hear from Kai Rysdall, host of the Marketplace programme on American Public Media. How quickly is China recovering from the coronavirus? We talk to Simon Rabinovitch from the Economist in Shanghai. Ashwini Deshpande, Professor of Economics at Ashoka University in Haryana tells us about the impact of coronavirus on women in India. We speak about the US administration's response to the coronavirus with Dr Vivek Murthy, a former US Surgeon-General. Plus, as lockdowns have pulled the plug on live performance just about everywhere, we find out how musicians on three continents have been coping with quarantine. And we're joined throughout the programme by Colin Peacock from Radio New Zealand in Auckland. (picture of a usually busy Main Street in Livingston, Montana after businesses were closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, by William Campbell-Corbis via Getty Images).

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Sat 25 Apr 2020 00:06GMT

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  • Sat 25 Apr 2020 00:06GMT

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