FT News Briefing

OpenAI’s circular deals

07 Oct 2025

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EU governments have agreed to limit the travel of Russian diplomats, analysts are worried about a flurry of circular AI deals, and France lost another...

Will Japan’s next PM revive Abenomics?

06 Oct 2025

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Israel and Hamas head into crunch-time negotiations in Cairo, and Japan’s prospective new prime minister will have work to do to bring her party bac...

Saudi Arabia’s push to liberalise

03 Oct 2025

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Description: The US will provide Ukraine with new intelligence, the American company behind Fico homebuyer credit scores is shaking up the mortgage in...

Nigeria’s pivot to solar power

02 Oct 2025

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Sales of Chinese electric-car maker BYD fell for the first time in 19 months in September, the US government shutdown is not likely to affect interest...

Spotify has its leadership on shuffle mode 🔀

01 Oct 2025

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The US government has shut down after Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a spending deal before the October 1 deadline, and Sir Keir Starmer...

Game on for the biggest leveraged buyout

30 Sep 2025

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Elon Musk’s business empire has been hit by a wave of senior departures over the past year, video games maker Electronic Arts is being taken private...

Washington tangos with another government shutdown

29 Sep 2025

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The Trump administration’s financial regulator is preparing to change five decades of corporate reporting practice, and the US government is once ag...

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27 Sep 2025

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Ukraine’s new war chest: frozen Russian funds?

26 Sep 2025

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Oracle, private equity group Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi’s MGX will control roughly 45 per cent of TikTok USA, Germany’s chancellor has called for E...

Alarm bells over US lending standards

25 Sep 2025

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BNP Paribas has relaxed a policy that blocked it from financing “controversial weapons”, US debt investors have raised the alarm over lax lending ...

US companies love AI. But can’t say why

24 Sep 2025

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The boss of Eli Lilly has branded the UK “probably the worst country in Europe” for drug prices, US President Donald Trump hit out at the UN at a ...

Oracle’s leadership shake-up

23 Sep 2025

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Nvidia said it planned to invest up to $100bn in OpenAI to support a massive build-out of artificial intelligence data centres, Oracle’s Safra Catz ...

Big Tech is losing a battle with Brussels

22 Sep 2025

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US companies may have to pay billions in new fees to hire foreign workers, and US tech groups are losing a political battle in Brussels to gain access...

Nvidia throws rival Intel a lifeline

19 Sep 2025

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 Deutsche Bank chief executive Christian Sewing is set to be named as a defendant in legal proceedings, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US...

The Fed changes course

18 Sep 2025

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The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the first time this year and China is banning its tech companies from buying AI chips made by Nvidia. P...

Trump shifts power from shareholders to bosses

17 Sep 2025

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 The UK and US are set to announce deeper co-operation on digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, a UN commission concluded that Israel has comm...

Will the US and China make a trade deal?

16 Sep 2025

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Lisa Cook can remain a Federal Reserve governor for now, the US and China seem to be making progress in their trade talks, and the US and UK promised ...

Turkey’s opposition is under siege

15 Sep 2025

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Borrowing costs for the French government are outpacing some French corporations, and the threats to Turkey’s leading opposition party may be part o...

Charlie Kirk’s killing leads to calls for retribution

12 Sep 2025

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Brazil’s supreme court has voted to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup d’état, conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s ki...

Russia tests Nato defences

11 Sep 2025

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Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead, military analysts are worried about Nato’s response to a Russian drone attack, and US dr...

Israel escalates attacks on Hamas

10 Sep 2025

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US annual jobs numbers get a revision, and Israel is intensifying its fight against Hamas. Plus, there’s a brand new copper mining conglomerate, and...

Macron looks for a new PM, again

09 Sep 2025

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Rupert Murdoch has resolved the bitter dispute over his sprawling media empire, France is once again without a prime minister, and US bank PNC has agr...

Political instability jolts Japan

08 Sep 2025

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The French government is on the brink of another collapse, and Japan’s prime minister quits after just a year in office. Plus, China may open its do...

Bond investors are counting on US tariff revenues

05 Sep 2025

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US President Donald Trump’s nominee to join the Federal Reserve has vowed to uphold central bank independence, bond traders are banking on revenue f...

AI helps Google dodge a bullet

04 Sep 2025

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Lloyds Banking Group will put thousands of its staff at risk of dismissal, and Indonesians are angered over the widening inequality in their country. ...

Bond woes spill over into equities

03 Sep 2025

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A sell-off in government bonds spilled into the equity market as stocks fell on Tuesday, and Eurozone inflation ticked up to 2.1 per cent in August. P...

Russia suspected of GPS interference on EU official's flight

02 Sep 2025

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Israeli banks pressed to give back war profits to customers, Russia denies GPS jamming of an European commission jet, and Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi ...

The world’s newest petrostate heads to the polls

01 Sep 2025

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The leaders of China and India met on Sunday amid trade tensions with the US, and Guyanese voters head to the polls today to chart a future for the wo...

Investors remain chipper about Nvidia

29 Aug 2025

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Some World Trade Organization members are preparing to unveil a new grouping to boost “trade openness”, and the FT’s Katie Martin unpacks the la...

Donald Trump’s new favourite billionaire

28 Aug 2025

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Nvidia’s earnings report signalled solid growth, cryptocurrencies are taking a hold of Venezuela’s economy, and more than half of the UK’s bigge...

The risk of firing a central bank governor

27 Aug 2025

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Investors are worried that Donald Trump’s attempted firing of a Federal Reserve governor could undermine faith in the world’s most important centr...

Germany’s pension crisis

26 Aug 2025

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US President Donald Trump said he was firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, shares in Ørsted plunged after the Trump administration halted one o...

Jerome Powell triggers market bets on a September rate cut

25 Aug 2025

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Jay Powell signalled a monetary policy shift during a high-profile Jackson Hole speech last week, and European investors are pouring money into new ai...

The return of ‘pump and dump’ stock scams

22 Aug 2025

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EU officials are accelerating plans for a digital euro, and the US Department of Justice has called for Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to be remov...

Can Target get its ‘swagger’ back?

21 Aug 2025

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Chinese regulators are pushing back against US AI chips, Target shares fell more than 6 per cent after the retail group picked an insider to be its ne...

What to expect from Jay Powell’s Jackson Hole speech

20 Aug 2025

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US tech stocks sold off on Tuesday, and Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell will be between a rock and a hard place when he delivers his speech at the Ja...

Italian and French bonds meet in the middle

19 Aug 2025

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US President Donald Trump floated the prospect of US security guarantees for Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking for options after India ...

Zelenskyy goes back to the White House

18 Aug 2025

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US President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy today, just days after meeting Russian President Putin, and the UK’s solar ou...

The markets are shrugging off chaos

15 Aug 2025

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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska today, and Dubai is trying to hold on to its role as the financial centr...

Opec pops US shale’s balloon

14 Aug 2025

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Fears of a massive non-dom exodus from the UK have been allayed by initial tax data, and UK companies in China are being buoyed by diplomatic law. Plu...

Norway’s oil fund dumps Israeli companies

13 Aug 2025

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The White House walks back expectations for Friday’s meeting between the US and Russian presidents, and Norway’s oil fund is pulling its money out...

Why the Mexican peso is on a tear

12 Aug 2025

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EU leaders will hold a call with US President Donald Trump ahead of his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and the Mexican peso has emerged a...

Trump tries for a Ukraine peace deal

11 Aug 2025

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UK employers cut back hiring over labour and tax cost fears, and Ukraine and its European allies worry about US President Donald Trump’s summit...

A divided Bank of England

08 Aug 2025

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Donald Trump has nominated Stephen Miran to fill a soon-to-be vacant seat on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, and the Bank of England lower...

CoreWeave’s takeover deal hits a speedbump

07 Aug 2025

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European companies are falling behind US counterparts and CoreWeave’s takeover of Core Scientific is facing some pushback. Plus, Boston Consulting G...

Is Palantir’s stock too good to be true?

06 Aug 2025

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US President Donald Trump plans on imposing new sanctions on Russia unless there is a ceasefire in Ukraine, and Palantir’s skyrocketing stock is rai...

Australia wants its port back

05 Aug 2025

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US President Donald Trump wants to raise tariffs on India and the CEO of Deutsche Bank approved a controversial trade he was later tasked with probing...

Wall Street digests bitter economic data

04 Aug 2025

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The FT’s US financial commentator joins to discuss how investors are responding to unsettling new economic data, and Germany’s biggest sports reta...

Swamp Notes: Trump’s case against Fed chair Powell

02 Aug 2025

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This weekend, we're sharing an episode from our fellow FT podcast, Swamp Notes. The US president is angry with the chair of the Federal Reserve over i...

Trump’s tariffs kick into higher gear

01 Aug 2025

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Apple revenues jump on strong iPhone sales and rebound in China and Donald Trump has reimposed tariffs on dozens of trading partners. Plus, Samsung se...

Making sense of a wonky GDP reading

31 Jul 2025

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Meta’s shares jumped more than 10 per cent off the back of better than expected second-quarter earnings, and the Federal Reserve held rates steady d...

Concerns rise over starvation in Gaza

30 Jul 2025

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The potential US-China trade war truce depends on US President Donald Trump’s approval, and a UN-backed food security group says a famine is unfoldi...

EU politicians bristle at US trade deal

29 Jul 2025

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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey and UK chancellor Rachel Reeves are at odds, and EU politicians are grumbling over the bloc’s trade deal with...

China’s growing muscle at the UN

28 Jul 2025

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The European Union struck a deal to limit the rate of US tariffs, and public companies are filling their coffers with cryptocurrencies. Plus, the shar...

Return of the stonk

25 Jul 2025

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US President Donald Trump is set to visit the UK and Krispy Kreme and GoPro stocks rise after becoming meme stocks. Plus, the ECB keeps rates at 2% an...

Private equity recycles assets

24 Jul 2025

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Tesla’s second-quarter profits fell 23 per cent as sales of its electric vehicles continued to slide, private equity firms made record use of a cont...

Big Pharma’s China gamble

23 Jul 2025

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US House Speaker Mike Johnson sent home Congress members early to avoid a vote on releasing files on Jeffery Epstein, Nigeria’s recalculated GDP ref...

What deregulation means for the UK economy

22 Jul 2025

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JPMorgan Chase explores lending against cryptocurrency, and the UK will have to pay in order to join the EU’s defence fund. Plus, UK chancellor Rach...

Trump’s $50bn tariff haul

21 Jul 2025

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Japan’s ruling coalition lost its majority in the country’s upper house of parliament, and the European Union is trying to break its dependency on...

Is Ukraine sliding into authoritarianism?

18 Jul 2025

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accused of authoritarianism after favoring loyalists in anti-corruption raids, and the Meta board settles a...

US investment banking is so back

17 Jul 2025

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Donald Trump asked lawmakers whether he should fire Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell, and Wall Street saw a surprise comeback in investment banking fe...

Why the UK kept an Afghan immigration scheme secret

16 Jul 2025

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US President Donald Trump sealed a trade deal with Indonesia and the UK had a secret plan to immigrate Afghans to Britain after a data leak. Plus, tar...

Washington weighs in on crypto

15 Jul 2025

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The EU proposes to shift its budget to send billions to eastern European countries, and bitcoin hits a record high as US lawmakers are about to vote o...

US investment banking expected to stay in the doldrums

14 Jul 2025

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The EU has put trade retaliations against the US on hold, and US investment banking is set to extend its losing streak. Plus, the FT’s Eleni Varvits...

Big Pharma markets left on a ‘patent cliff’-hanger

11 Jul 2025

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India is set to reach a record year in initial public offerings and Big Pharma is facing a wave of patent expiration dates. Plus, Meta goes to trial o...

Global copper market weighs Trump tariff threat

10 Jul 2025

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The UK and France have pledged for the first time to co-ordinate the use of their nuclear weapons, and the copper markets are reeling from US Presiden...

BCG tries to limit Gaza work fallout

09 Jul 2025

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EU negotiators are closing in on a trade deal with Donald Trump that would cement higher tariffs than those granted to the UK, and Boston Consulting G...

Liechtenstein's zombie-trust apocalypse

08 Jul 2025

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US President Donald Trump extended tariff deadlines, and Liechtenstein’s trust industry is in a crisis spurred by American sanctions against Ru...

US stocks: rally or overcorrection?

07 Jul 2025

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington DC today to discuss a Gaza ceasefire proposal with US President Donald Trump, and US stock...

The cost of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

04 Jul 2025

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Donald Trump has secured passage of his flagship tax and spending legislation and the US jobs market exceeded expectations last month. Plus, the futur...

The mad dash for trade deals

03 Jul 2025

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European CEOs are lobbying against AI regulations, and trade officials are rushing to make deals before US President Donald Trump’s tariffs take eff...

Hong Kong’s bull run leaves China in the dust

02 Jul 2025

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The UK government passed its welfare reform bill after making concessions, and Hong Kong’s stocks are beating out mainland China’s. Plus, Eurozone...

Rise of the neobank

01 Jul 2025

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Two of the biggest oil companies in the Middle East scale down their acquisition sprees, and Wall Street’s comeback has dramatically narrowed the ga...

US banks are hungry for deals

30 Jun 2025

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The Trump administration is paving the way for more US bank mergers, and China’s online retail giants are losing some key customers. Plus, the race ...

Labour MPs rebel against UK welfare reform

27 Jun 2025

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Some members of the UK's parliament fight back against proposed welfare cuts, and early intelligence suggests Iran’s uranium stockpile is still inta...

Why markets are unfazed by the Middle East conflict

26 Jun 2025

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Nato members decided on increased defence spending, the Federal Reserve is planning on cutting capital requirements for America’s biggest banks, and...

Iran's path forward

25 Jun 2025

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US stocks almost hit record highs amid possible de-escalation in the Middle East, and Johns Hopkins University professor Vali Nasr analyses Iran’s f...

Will the wheels come off Nato?

24 Jun 2025

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US president Donald Trump has said Israel and Iran have agreed a ceasefire, shifting priorities in the US are putting pressure on Nato members in Euro...

The US targets Iran’s nuclear programme

23 Jun 2025

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The US is now using force to try to eliminate Iran’s nuclear programme, and new tariffs on US household goods take effect. Plus, the chief executive...

EU pushes a UK-style trade deal with the US

20 Jun 2025

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Russia’s war-time economy is slowing down, and the EU is negotiating a trade deal with the US to keep some tariffs in place. Plus, the Bank of Engla...

The Fed cuts US economic outlook

19 Jun 2025

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The Federal Reserve cut its outlook for the US economy on Wednesday, and in the UK, inflation remains higher than ideal. Plus, Big Tech companies are ...

Trump demands that Iran surrender

18 Jun 2025

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US President Donald Trump demands unconditional surrender from Iran on social media, and the Iran-Israel conflict causes Trump to leave the G7 summit ...

What Trump’s golden share means for the Nippon deal

17 Jun 2025

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Tensions rise as the EU refuses trade talks with China before next month’s leaders summit, and Airbus announced $10bn of orders at the Paris Air Sho...

Inside Iran’s ‘impenetrable’ nuclear bunker

16 Jun 2025

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Israel may not have big enough bombs to take down Iran’s most secure nuclear facility, and Nippon Steel’s bid to take over US Steel is finally mov...

Hot Money: Agent of Chaos - Ep. 1, The Bribe

14 Jun 2025

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Today, we're bringing you the first episode from the new season of Hot Money. On Hot Money: Agent of Chaos, reporter Sam Jones investigates Wirecard’...

Southern European bond markets make a comeback

13 Jun 2025

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Israel has launched a strike against Iran, Argentina’s month-on-month inflation rate has fallen below 2 per cent, and Italian, Spanish and Greek sov...

Europe’s game plan for handling Trump at G7

12 Jun 2025

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The Pentagon has launched a review of the 2021 Aukus submarine deal with the UK and Australia, Donald Trump has said the US and China’s deal to rest...

Winners and losers of UK spending review

11 Jun 2025

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The FT’s George Parker explains the winners and losers in UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spending review, the UK imposed the first western sanctions...

Trump cracks down on Los Angeles protests

10 Jun 2025

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The head of the operator of the Panama Canal has warned that a $23bn global ports deal could put the waterway’s neutrality mandate at risk, Donald T...

Who gets to be Italian?

09 Jun 2025

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Syria is preparing to rejoin the international banking system, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government is trying to prevent...

Swamp Notes: Trump’s big play to save steel production

07 Jun 2025

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US President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on steel to 50 per cent this week. He’s also allowing Japan’s Nippon to buy the US Steel Corporation. Th...

Trump and Xi break the ice

06 Jun 2025

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US President Donald Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping agreed to launch a new round of high-level trade talks, the European Central Bank cut intere...

Bulgaria moves into the Eurozone

05 Jun 2025

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Apple’s rollout of artificial intelligence services in China with Alibaba is being held up, Wells Fargo faces an uphill battle to catch up with its ...

Mexico’s new supreme court

04 Jun 2025

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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof resigned after far-right leader Geert Wilders walked out of his coalition government, Mexico’s new supreme court is...

Trump’s push to privatise Fannie and Freddie

03 Jun 2025

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Elon Musk’s xAI is launching a $300mn share sale that values the group at $113bn, and China’s property sector woes are compounded by tariff worrie...

South Korea plots a post-coup future

02 Jun 2025

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Private equity dealmaking around the world slowed down in the second quarter of 2025, and South Korea holds elections on Tuesday after months of polit...

Swamp Notes: Do Republicans still care about debt?

31 May 2025

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Republicans are often known as the party of fiscal responsibility. This week, Swamp Notes unravels the US House of Representatives’ “big, beautifu...

Trump’s tariffs in legal limbo

30 May 2025

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The White House is fighting court rulings that US President Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariff scheme is illegal, and a former Goldman Sachs...

The challenge to Delaware’s corporate dominance

29 May 2025

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A US court invalidated President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariff scheme yesterday. Nvidia reported a nearly 70 per cent surge in quarterl...

Rio Tinto’s surprise CEO hunt

28 May 2025

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US stocks jumped yesterday after President Donald Trump said trade talks with the EU were headed in a "positive" direction, and McKinsey cut 10 p...