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While countries point fingers over the collapse of the World Trade Organization talks, others are looking at the long-term fallout. From the price of shoes to the price of meat, the repercussions of the failed trade deal could be significant. Kojo gets the latest on the what's ahead for global trade.
Phillip L. Swagel, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; former Chief of Staff, White House Council of Economic Advisers
Kimberly Ann Elliott, Joint Research Fellow, Center for Global Development and the Institute for International Economics; author of "Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor"
Zanny Minton-Beddoes, Washington correspondent, The Economist
Some 25,000 American soldiers held as POWs during World War II were used as slave labor by Japanese companies. Kojo learns why the veterans can't sue the companies or Japan for restitution, and why they hope the U.S. Congress will compensation them for their labor.
James W. Parkinson, attorney; and co-author, Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts, and Congress (Naval Institute Press)
As a musician he took local political truths and made them universal. With 2006 marking the 25th anniversary of his death, Kojo looks at the life and legacy of Jamaica's musical icon, Bob Marley.
Christopher John Farley, editor, The Wall Street Journal; and author of "Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley" (Amistad/Harper Collins)
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