Can Israel's economy sustain an extended conflict?

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  Hello and welcome to Business Matters.

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  I'm Roger Hearing.

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  On the programme today, as the Israel-Iran war continues,

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  how is the conflict and uncertainty affecting Israel's economy?

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  Also, Greenland's Minister for Business tells me how she deals with threats of a takeover by the US.

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  My job is not to panic, as I usually say.

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  My job is to figure out what different actors want and what is their aim and end goal.

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  Also, the surge of Chinese goods now flattening other markets in Asia.

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  Thailand moves to liberalise its gambling laws.

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  And we hear from the Cook Islands in the South Pacific as New Zealand cuts off millions of dollars in aid because of that territory's deals with China.

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  And I'll be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world.

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  Sushma Ramachandran, independent journalist and columnist with the Tribune newspaper,

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  is joining us on the line from Delhi.

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  Sushma, very good morning to you.

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  Good morning, Roger.

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  It's great to be back.

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  Good to have you there.

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  And across the other side of the world,

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  Annika Green, Republican political strategist at Reach Global Strategies,

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  former political speechwriter, who's joining us on the line from Washington.

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