British Steel needs a forever subsidy

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Globalisation hangs on a simple, alluring idea: make things where doing so is cheapest, then ship them to and fro. But it only works if the second half of that scenario remains viable. If there’s … Read more

Wall Street trading giants try not to feel the noise

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A common complaint from Wall Street bosses is that investors don’t give proper credit for the vast amounts of money that rolls in from flipping shares and bonds. Goldman Sachs’ windfall from equities trading shows … Read more

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