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European Union To Strengthen Border Security

The EU will introduce tighter border security following the attacks in Paris. We also hear from Vietnam where farmers are being encouraged to grow more cocoa for chocolate makers.

The EU will introduce tighter border security following the attacks in Paris. Sony Kapoor, the Managing Director of Re-Define, an International Think Tank, tells us if the European ring of steel will work.

It has been another busy week for the 大象传媒's Business News team, a few days dominated not only by events in Paris, but also a mining disaster in Brazil and predictions of humans losing jobs to machines, in an award winning book called Rise of the Robots. We get the reactions of Charles Forelle from the Wall Street Journal in London and Patrick Foulis at The Economist in New York.

We hear from Vietnam where farmers are being encouraged to grow more cocoa to supply chocolate makers as global demand grows and prices for the beans rise.

The pop singer Adele is following other stars like Neil Young and Taylor Swift releasing her new album without making it available to music streaming services. Art critic Ludo Hunter-Tilney explains why rock stars are keeping music streaming services out of the loop.

(Picture: French soldiers amid tight security in Paris. Copyright Getty Images.)

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Fri 20 Nov 2015 19:32GMT

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