Editor’s Picks: January 2nd 2020

A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, don’t be fooled by the phase one trade deal between China and America. (10:20) Finding new physics requires a new particle collider. (30:52) And, a dispute over racism roils the world of romance novelists   Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions: www.economist.com/radiooffer  

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