Fed keeps interest rates unchanged despite Donald Trump pressure

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  Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service.

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  We're going to be looking at some big global business stories.

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  On the programme, we'll be talking about China,

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  the US, Japan, Canada, all trying to strike trade deals.

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  How close are they actually to doing that?

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  And we're going to talk about shorter working hours.

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  Do they improve productivity?

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  Are they actually better for you?

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  Spain is considering introducing them.

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  Is that going to be the right decision?

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  We've got two guests on our program, as always,

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  Annika Green, Republican political strategist, founding partner at Reach Global Strategies,

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  joining us from Washington, D.C., which almost always,

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  Annika, seems to be a pretty busy place at the moment.

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  Oh, yeah, it's a happening spot.

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  And do you feel that around you?

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  I mean, are the hotels full of everybody coming to strike trade deals?

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  Yeah, there's when you live in D.C., you get a bit used to not just the activity,

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  particularly when Congress is in session, but also, you know,

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  constant marches and, you know, people in the mall.

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