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Business Matters: Bird Flu Spreads in the US 22 Apr 15

Wed, 22 Apr 15

TThe head of the World Organisation for Animal Health tells us why this latest outbreak of bird flu has come as such a shock to US industry. Also in the programme, as the latest round of negotiations towards a new trade pact between Europe and the US get under way, we report on opposition to the proposals at a protest attended by Vivienne Westwood in London. Plus we have the latest in our series of interviews ahead of the UK's upcoming general election, with key figures from each of the country's main political parties. Today it's the turn of Chuka Umunna, business spokesperson from the Labour Party. The hardships of modern farming in the US: Nancy Marshall Genzer of Marketplace in Washington brings us her report from Durrant, Iowa. Plus from Bangalore, we are joined by Ravathy Ashok of the Bangalore Political Action Committee.