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Scotch, spray bottles, and a GPS unit

Equipped with GPS, a humble shipping container reveals the story of the global economy. 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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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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