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We ask why China has imposed an 80% tariff on Australian barley imports. Sinead Mangan is a business correspondent from ABC in Australia and discusses a theory that the tariffs may be Chinese retaliation for a call from Australia for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus outbreak. And we hear the impact on Australian agriculture from farmer Andrew Weidemann, who is also chairman of Grain Producers Australia. Also in the programme, we look in detail at the consequences for unemployment around the world from the pandemic. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Arunoday Mukharji in Delhi considers the plight of India鈥檚 poorest workers. And the 大象传媒鈥檚 Samira Hussein reports on the growing need for food banks in America, after 36 million people, more than a quarter of the US workforce, lost their jobs in just seven weeks. Plus Professor Robin Shattock, who is leading efforts to develop a vaccine against Covid-19 at Imperial College London, updates us on the likelihood a suitable vaccine will be found any time soon.