We have some new economic data that was stalled by the government shutdown. The world's largest mining company has promised to do its part on climate change by capping coal output. The rent is too darn high in China, too. Plus, with only weeks until the Brexit deadline, the U.K.'s trade deals with Japan and South Korea seem far from finalized.

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Aired February 20, 2019

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