Scotch, spray bottles, and a GPS unit
Equipped with GPS, a humble shipping container reveals the story of the global economy. The BBC placed a GPS unit on a shipping container and started to track it on a year long journey around the globe. Jeremy Hillman, the business and economics editor for the BBC, discusses the BBC Box’s contents and travels. He joins John and Adaora from London.
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