Have you ever felt like escaping to your own desert island?

Jane Gaskin did exactly that, trading in the family home to begin a new life in the

tropics.

But she soon discovers that Paradise has its secrets.

I'm Alice Levine, and this is the price of Paradise,

the island dream that ends in kidnap, corruption, and murder.

Wish you were here.

Follow the price of Paradise Now, wherever you listen to podcasts.

Good evening.

The show begins in Ukraine by reflecting upon the events of these last days.

Anatol Lieven recommends that this is a best time the reinforcement for Russia and Ukraine to talk about

settling this not on the battlefield but in the treaty room. Also, we speak to the ambition of the British government to re-arm Britain.

Anatole calls into question the building of certain vessels and infrastructure recently and can

Britain revive its industrial base. Once upon a time the master of the world. No longer.

Mariano Staggio Grady joins with the dispute, the trade dispute, over the BYD ambitions

to build a big plant in Mexico to sell electric cars to Mexico.

The objection by American politicians is that this will push BYD into America. That is not the intention, but in any event the Mexican

government has stopped talking to the Chinese about this, perhaps to get through the election

cycle. It's June in Mexico for the presidential election

and it's November in the US. Trade is valuable when it's free across borders. It is dangerous when it's protected.

We're on the protected side of the mountain right now.

The scholar report, many details about China, the reluctant consumer, the negative consumer,

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