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Donald Trump signed his 'Buy American – Hire American' executive order this week in Wisconsin. The President has promised to protect US workers from the 'ravages' of globalisation, and has committed to putting 'America first'. We discuss the President's plans and assess how likely he will be to succeed.

The bastion of globalisation and free trade, the IMF, had its spring meeting in Washington this week. Top global finance ministers and central bank governors are gathered just a few streets away from the White House. We discuss the Trump Administration's relationship with international organisations, and ask how will America trade with the rest of the world?

Plus, we peruse the website being set up by former Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer which sets out to sift the facts from the 'alternative facts'.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s economics editor, Kamal Ahmed is joined in Washington by Neil Irwin, senior economics correspondent for the New York Times, and by the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s North America business correspondent Michelle Fleury in New York.

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