World Business Report

The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, says there is a 'great opportunity' to develop a relationship with China, following a meeting with its leader Xi Jinping, in Beijing.
Merz is currently on his first visit to China, which is Germany's biggest trading partner, since becoming leader 10 months ago.
Plus a dispute is brewing between Washington and an AI company over military use of its technology.
Presenter: Bisi Adebayo
Producer: Matt Lines
Editor: Justin Bones

President Donald Trump is delivering the 2026 State of the Union address to the nation. We examine how this might affect the state of the US economy. Also what does the business community want to hear in the coming year ? A Florida based business shares his thoughts with us.
Four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. What impact is the war having on the economies of the two countries?
And Novo Nordisk is halving the US list price of its most popular weight-loss drug. This comes after the Danish company announced that the trial of its latest weight loss medication CagriSema had under performed.

President Trump's new global 10% tariff comes into force today, and could rise to 15% for all of the US's trade partners.
We find out what it means for Americans, and who if anyone could get a refund from the original tariffs.
Plus after four years, what is the economic cost of war for Ukraine?
Presenter: Leanna Byrne
Producer: Matt Lines
Editor: Justin Bones

We look at one of the world's biggest trading blocks the EU which has now delayed ratifying its trade deal with the EU. Rahul Tandon talks to the retailer from Colorado and Ulrike Malmendier, a member of the German Council of Economic experts. Also, we find out what is the current situation in Puerto Vallarta in Mexico. And the boss of Netflix, Ted Sarandos tells the BBC its bid for Warner Brothers is better than a rival one from Paramount.
(PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Credit: REUTERS/Yves Herman)

Countries around the world are once again facing a lack of clarity over US trade policy, following the US Supreme Court's ruling that the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are illegal. In response, President Trump said he'll immediately introduce a new fifteen per cent import tax.
Both India and the EU postpone progress on trade with the US as they try and work out what new tariff arrangements mean for them.
Plus we hear from the boss of Netflix about the ongoing battle to buy Warner Brothers Discovery.