Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' clears final hurdle in congress

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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,

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  Donald Trump's huge finance bill gets the final go-ahead from Congress.

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  So what will it mean for the US economy and for those poor Americans who get help from federal benefit programmes?

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  Plus, another Superman movie, but do audiences really want a fourth Man of Steel,

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  or has Hollywood just run out of ideas?

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  And as the Oasis band reunion tour kicks off,

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  we look into the merchandise that could earn them millions.

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  I've just bought a poster, but we had a good look around,

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  there's lots of different T-shirts and Adidas things and many bucket hats,

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  so no, good for them, make your money while you can.

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

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  Well, in fact, they're not today.

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  They're very much in the same hemisphere, at least.

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  Yoko Ishikura, professor emeritus at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo,

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  who's currently joining us from Whistler in British Columbia in Canada.

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  Yoko, what are you doing there?

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  Well, this is my vacation.

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  The weather in Japan in June was horrible.

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