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Ten things you should know about Trump’s tariffs but were afraid to ask

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer was vice-president Kamala Harris’s national security adviser. Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser for international economics in the Biden administration, also contributed Europe’s response to the Trump administration’s shocking withdrawal of … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is co-founder and co-chair of Oaktree Capital Management and author of “Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side” The questions I get from clients enable me to understand in real … Read more

Una franja de la costa oriental de Australia, alrededor de Brisbane, la tercera ciudad más grande del país, se preparaba para la llegada a tierra del primer ciclón previsto en la región en décadas, mientras las autoridades advertían de la posibilidad de inundaciones generalizadas y vientos destructivos. Se esperaba que el ciclón tropical Alfred, de … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s almost 20 years since Industrial and Commercial Bank of China raised $22bn in a Hong Kong listing — the largest in history at the time. Since then, the city has been the go-to place … Read more

Elon Musk is the fox in the henhouse of science

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the author of ‘Chip War’ “I’m a little bit nervous,” admitted CC Wei, the CEO of Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, taking the podium at the White House this week as he announced the … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world There is nothing cryptic about Donald Trump’s endorsement of cryptocurrency. Four years ago, he said bitcoin was a “scam”. Now he wants to make America the “crypto capital of the world”. To see … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world On March 3, Donald Trump made two highly significant decisions. One was to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico at a rate of 25 per cent, as well as on Chinese imports at … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When I worked at Christie’s as a student intern one summer, the library of the book collector William Foyle came up for sale. There were around a thousand lots sold over three days. Only one … Read more