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Trump has three days to sign legislation which would prevent a second government shutdown, a deal between the Republicans and Democrats in Congress which doesn't include funding for a border wall with Mexico. A new report from the UN's International Labour Organisation shows that the quantity and quality of jobs around the world has declined in the past decade. We discuss it with Virginia Doellgast of Cornell University. And the story of how a penniless youth became one of China's most prominent financiers; we speak to Weijan Shan about his new book.
Roger Hearing is joined throughout the programme by Paddy Hirsch, the editor of NPR's daily business and economics podcast, The Indicator from Planet Money, who's in Los Angeles, and Nisid Hajari, the Asia Editor for Bloomberg's editorial board from Bangkok.

(Photo: President Trump holds a cabinet meeting. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)