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Latest on the coronavirus outbreak

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

Coronavirus has spread across China and to at least 16 countries globally, including Thailand, France, the US and Australia. More than 130 people have died in China and close to 6,000 have been infected. We get the latest from the 大象传媒's Monica Miller in Singapore. Facebook had strong results today, but growth is slowing, making investors worried for its future, as we hear from our reporter Zoe Thomas in San Francisco. US President Donald Trump formally signed a new trade pact with Mexico and Canada, bringing his campaign promise to replace the three countries' existing deal closer to fruition. Our North America Business correspondent Michelle Fleury was at the White House. Boeing has reported its first annual loss in more than two decades. The 737 Max crisis continues to hit the firm, as we hear from John Strickland of JLS Aviation. And we hear about the rise in popularity of African print fabric - quintessentially African, but often made, for considerably cheaper, in Asia.

All this and more discussed throughout the show with our two guests: Jyoti Malhotra, editor, National & Strategic Affairs for The Print website, in Delhi. And Ralph Silva of the Silva Research Network in Toronto.

(Photo: A masked man walks past a sign saying "All type of mask sold聽out" at a pharmacy in Siam square, Bangkok. Credit: Getty Images.)

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Thu 30 Jan 2020 01:06GMT

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