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US chipmaker Intel apologised after it urged firms not to source products from Xinjiang. The US argues that China is conducting a genocide in the province, and has blocked import of goods from businesses that can't prove products sourced there are not made using Uighur slave labour. The 主播大秀's Samira Hussain in New York fills us in on the details. Also in the programme, the government of Belgium has announced its two nuclear power plants will close in four years' time. Georg Zachmann of the Bruegel think tank tells us whether the country has a backup plan for energy supply after 2025. We examine the likely economic impact of the election of Chile's new left-wing presidential candidate Gabriel Boric with Chilean economist Francisco Meneses, who has previously worked in the country's Ministry of Education and its Central Bank. The 主播大秀's Mariko Oi reports on Korea's ambitions to be pioneers in the Metaverse, which is seen by some as the next big thing on the internet. Plus, we explore the big economic trends of the coming 12 months with Linda Yueh of Oxford University, and Mohamed El-Erian, president of Queens' College, Cambridge.

Today's edition is presented by Fergus Nicoll, and produced by Philippa Goodrich, Sara Parry and Ivana Davidovic.

(Picture: An Intel chip. Picture credit: Getty Images.)