Europe must choose between America and China

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world  The writer is an FT contributing editor, chief economist at American Compass and writes the Understanding America newsletter  No one doubts at this point President Donald Trump’s intention to tear down the international economic … Read more

The tariff crisis is not existential

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters … Read more

Corporate whistleblowing in the UK needs a shake-up

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Corporate whistleblowers are rarely celebrated. More often they are seen as the enemy within — marginalised or blacklisted after speaking out. Little wonder that there is a push in the UK to create an independent … Read more

Untangling the spaghetti bowl of tariffs

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and an adviser to Allianz and Gramercy The image of business leaders, governments and investors having to drink out of a US policy fire hose … Read more

The problem with workers who can’t think for themselves

The writer is the author of ‘Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future’ I have recently started hearing a new complaint from employers: that their workers are not free thinkers. One said the highly educated graduates they hired from top universities were “well-credentialed and present effectively” and “excellent at taking instruction”. But the employer was concerned: … Read more

What China should do next

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US-China trade war has escalated to new heights. This week Donald Trump focused his protectionist zeal firmly on his longtime economic foe. On Wednesday, the US president paused “reciprocal” tariffs — above a 10 … Read more

Trump tests the American attitude to pain

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Two millennia ago, the Roman poet Decimus Junius Juvenalis (“Juvenal”) decried the political phenomenon of “bread and circuses”. Back in AD100, the Roman empire was crushed by so much debt and income inequality … Read more