2025-05-02
49 分钟This is Andrew Peach with Business Matters here on the BBC World Service.
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Today,
President Zelensky says the agreement signed with the US on rare earth minerals is a truly equal partnership.
But how much difference will it make?
There's an adage in the mining business that rare earth minerals are actually not that rare.
The rare part is the ability to process those minerals and make a usable end product out of those.
The boss of Apple says US tariffs could cost the tech giant almost a billion dollars this quarter.
We'll have more on that.
We'll also hear about the impact they're having on small businesses.
And the world's drinking less wine than it has for 20 years.
So how is the Australian wine industry bearing up?
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