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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Donald Trump in Washington next Friday. They have a lot to discuss - the US president pulled out of the Asia-Pacific trade deal, or TPP, backed by Abe, and called the trade imbalance with Japan on vehicles unfair. On Tuesday he accused Japan of devaluing its currency. Share Radio's James Brydges spoke to Seijiro Takeshita, from the School of Management and Information in Shizoka and asked what the priority discussions would be.

Tim Evans, Professor of Business and Political Economy, Middlesex University London joins Simon in the studio to discuss: Slowly but surely the left are being forced to come to terms with Corbyn's long held Euroscepticism, the concept of borders in the 21st century and the Folly of Buy America and Hire American.

The Prime Minister has been answering questions in the Commons ahead of the first vote on a bill to trigger the start of Brexit. A second day of MPs debating the legislation for Article 50 takes place before that vote later this evening. The Prime Minister also insisted she wasn't given prior warning about Donald Trump's ban on refugees entering the US. She's been quizzed by Jeremy Corbyn in the Commons, after days of not saying whether the President discussed it with her when they met last week. But the Labour leader says it's still a UK issue - as Mr Trump is going against an international agreement on refugees To discuss all this, and more, Share Radio's Simon Rose was joined by Ryan Heath, Senior EU Correspondent at POLITICO.

The UK economy is to slow down this year and next. This is according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, which also found that the world economy is expected to pick up. However, will Brexit and the potential policy changes in the US pose as significant risks to these projections? Share Radio's Olivia Demetriades was joined by James Warren, a Research Fellow at N.I.E.S.R.

Share Radio's Simon Rose brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the businesses of Britain and the world. To help rattle through the day's events, Simon was joined by Russ Mould, investment director at the online stockbrokers AJ Bell. They discussed why investors seem cheered by the news that Dido Harding is set to leave her post as chief executive of TalkTalk, Sir Ken Morrison, who built one of Britain's biggest retail chains out of a small business he took over from his father, has died aged 85 following a short illness and much more.

MPs have begun debating a Bill which would allow the government to begin the UK's departure from the EU. It's going to be a long night in the House of Commons, with the debate tabled to last till midnight. For more on the Brexit trigger bill, Simon Rose was joined by Hugo Dixon, Co-Founder of Common Ground, and Laura Sainsbury of FTI Consulting Image: © UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor

Low interest rates over the last number of years has proven massively advantageous to income investors. However, with interest rates set to rise over the coming year, is the sector still as appealing to potential investors? Share Radio's Ed Bowsher spoke to Mark Wharrier, Manager of the BlackRock UK Income Fund.

With the stroke of a pen, just five days into his first week at the Oval Office, Donald Trump temporarily banned citizens of 7 Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. The President’s ‘extreme vetting’ has been met with outrage on both sides of the Atlantic, decried as ‘unacceptable’ in Germany and ‘divisive’ in the UK. In response, Mr. Trump has insisted the ban is about ‘Making America Safe Again’ - not religion. International condemnation aside, the travel ban has given another glimpse of what lies ahead for the Middle East in the Trump era. An inaugural pledge to put America First, to ensure “every decision … on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit ... American families", has been read by many as Trump turning his back on the region. But with gains from the Arab Spring unconsolidated, nuclear ambitions only temporarily tempered, and Syria obliterated by civil war, there are fears an American retreat may be unwise. What will a Donald Trump Presidency mean for the Middle East? How will a more hesitant US abroad affect the region? I’m now joined by Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and Share Radio’s economics commentator Professor John Weeks.

Snapchat parent company Snap has apparently chosen the New York Stock exchange to host it's IPO, it's been reported. The hotly-anticipated initial public offering may take place as soon as this week according to sources. But the Snap Inc IPO has been shrouded in the same secrecy that shadows the company. Some analysts are concerned that Snap's culture of secrecy could mean bad news for investors... or perhaps the IPO will cause problems for Snap's business model. Matt Cox looked into the company's culture of secrecy and the impact it could have.

Taking the dollar's temperature is vital to many sectors - but with new president Donald Trump's protectionist approach, and desire to weaken the dollar, what's the future look like for greenback? In this week's magazine review, our guests gave their take on an Investors Chronicle article covering the dollar's rise. Share Radio's Peta Fuller reports.