Segments From This Episode

• On the latest international trade spat

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  U.S. and Chinese officials are getting together on the sidelines of International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Washington to try to preserve a fraying trade truce. Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered a ray of hope.

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• The economic picture painted by non-governmental data

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  With the government shutdown still ongoing, there's a lot of government data we are not getting, but there are alternative sources of information offering up clues as to how the economy's doing. Let's discuss with Diane Swonk, chief economist at tax, audit, and advisory firm KPMG.

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• The rest of the world tries to get in on AI

  China and the U.S. dominate the field of artificial intelligence; some 90% of the world's data centers are owned by U.S. and Chinese companies. But many other countries want a piece of the revolution, hoping to get the Big Tech firms to build some infrastructure within their borders. The BBC’s Hannah Mullane reports.

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