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US to end sanction exemptions for major importers

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

US President Donald Trump has decided to end exemptions from sanctions for countries still buying oil from Iran. The White House said waivers for China, India, Japan, South Korea and Turkey would expire in May, after which they could face US sanctions themselves. We speak to Suzanne Maloney from the Brookings Institute.

Samsung has postponed the release of its folding smartphone, days after several early reviewers said the screens on their devices had broken. The 麻豆官网首页入口's technology reporter discusses what this could mean for the company.

The global chocolate industry is worth 100 billion dollars yet African producers only make about eight per cent of that, according to research by the International Cocoa Organisation. Rather than export the raw fruit, entrepreneurs in cocoa-rich countries are now starting to make their own chocolate in an effort to change things, as the 麻豆官网首页入口鈥檚 West Africa correspondent Louise Dewast has been finding out.

Roger Hearing is joined for comment throughout the programme by chief economist at Complete Intelligence Tony Nash in Texas and The Financial Times' Correspondent in Bejing Yuan Yan.

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