What hopes are there for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia?

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

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  I'm Rahul Tandon.

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  It's been another extremely busy day for the global economy.

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  Busy day for Donald Trump, the US President.

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  It's been pretty busy for President Xi of China as well.

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  We'll be telling you what they've been... getting up to, to guide us through the programmes.

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  We, of course, have two journalists on opposite sides of the world,

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  another familiar voice on the programme.

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  We have Fermin Koop, who is with us,

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  specialising in environmental issues based in Buenos Aires in Argentina.

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  And speaking of those issues, Fermin,

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  a story that I saw just as I was coming into the studio caught my eye.

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  China's first quarter emissions have fell despite rising power demand.

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  So a bit of good news there to start the programme with.

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  Yeah, definitely.

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  Well, thanks for the invite.

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  Great to be back.

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  Yes, definitely good news.

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  We are waiting for the new climate plan from China to be announced soon, but that's a great start.

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  It is.

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