Trump's Cutoff of Global Broadcasters Shakes Central Europe
On Friday, the White House said it would cut off funding for the key international broadcasting operations of the US, which counted millions of listeners in Communist-era central Europe. Bloomberg Businessweek' s Europe editor (and a longtime resident of Prague) David Rocks tells us how that news has been received in the Czech capital and beyond. Plus: Musk's rebranding of Tesla American drone startup challenges Chinese dominance.
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