蜜芽传媒

US President Trump lands in China on Wednesday. The relationship between the world's two biggest economies has recently been fractious: President Trump blames China for some of America's economic woes. The 蜜芽传媒's Beijing correspondent Stephen McDonald, gives us the latest.

It's reported that Twenty-First Century Fox has held talks about selling its film and television assets to the Walt Disney Company. We hear more from Matthew Garrahan, global media editor at the Financial Times.

The Paradise Papers have revealed the way some companies and individuals have reduced the amount of tax they pay. Benjamin Franklin said "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." There's a widely held view that we hate paying tax. Adriene Hill from Marketplace asks, is that true?

Tape cassettes have long been abandoned by many, but having been replaced by the CD, they are having something of a resurgence. Who still uses cassettes and what was the format's attraction? We hear from Alan Williams, who runs Tapeline, the last remaining tape cassette manufacturer in the UK.

We are joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world. Jyoti Malhotra, Consulting Editor at the Indian Express, in Delhi. And Katie Long, producer of Marketplace Morning Report on US public radio, in Los Angeles.

(Photo: President Xi Jinping and President Trump. Credit: Reuters.)