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Chinese technology shares fall

As investors fret about China's crackdown on tech firms, share prices continue to fall.

As investors fret about China's crackdown on tech firms, share prices continue to fall. David Kuo is co-founder of the Smart Investor website in Singapore, and explains the background. Also in the programme, we take a close look at prospects for the US's African Growth and Opportunity Act, which gives many African exporters tariff free access to the US, and faces renegotiation ahead of its expiry in four years' time. Pankaj Bedi is chair of Kenya's United Aryan EPZ which has been a beneficiary of the accord. Ekart Naumann is an economist at South Africa's Trade Law Centre and discusses the impact AGOA has had in Africa. And we hear what might replace AGOA from former Assistant US Trade Representative, Rosa Whitaker. Plus, the Qatar Goodwood Festival horse racing event runs until Saturday, and is the first major racing event to be held in the UK since all coronavirus restrictions were lifted just over a week ago. Adam Waterworth is managing director of the event and tells us how the races will differ from those that happened before the pandemic hit.

(Picture: A Chinese shareholder monitors prices. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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Tue 27 Jul 2021 21:32GMT

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  • Tue 27 Jul 2021 21:32GMT