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And this is Andrew Pasch with Business Matters here on the BBC World Service.
Today, as wildfires continue to burn out of control in Los Angeles, experts say they could cost $50 billion.
A hard road ahead for Lebanon's new president to rebuild the country's economy.
One of the main duties of the president and, of course, the new government is to revive the dead banking sector to find a way to recover the money of the people.
And how should Western countries engage with China?
If Chinese companies manufacturing electric vehicles, battery systems wanted to establish plants in the UK to service European markets, we should welcome that.
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throughout the program, I'm joined by guests on opposite sides of the world.
Please welcome James, Mega Bloomberg's senior reporter on the Chinese economy and government.
Hi, James.
Good morning to you.
James is in Beijing, Takara Smalls in Toronto, and she's the technology columnist for cbc, the Canadian broadcaster.
Hi, Takara.
Hi.
Good to have you with us.
Let's start in Los Angeles.
With these wildfires set to be amongst the Most costly in US history, the investment bank JP Morgan says losses of around $50 billion could result.