Hello and welcome to Business Matters.
Namaste.
I'm Divina Gupta in India's capital city, Delhi.
And on the program today,
we are talking about President Trump's budget battles, Bitcoin's record high,
and a bold new move from Apple's former design chief that could change the way we interact with AI forever.
We'll be heading to Japan also to talk about...
the rice shortage there and what it means for the economy, which is facing a severe slowdown.
I'll be joined throughout the program with my team, David, Niamh, Mike and Patrick,
who are in the UK studio and two guests on opposite sides of the world.
Let's get them in.
Han Lin, China Country Director of the Asia Group, is joining us from Shanghai in China.
Good morning to you, Han.
How are you?
I'm doing wonderful.
Thank you for having me on the show.
Thank you for joining us.
Let's get in our second guest, Alexander Kaufman,
who is reporter and the author of the newsletter Field Notes on Substack,
joining us from New York in the US.