Trump’s tariff policy has nothing to do with trade

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 the junior US senator for Connecticut Economists and pundits have spent the last two weeks frantically trying to decode what President Donald Trump’s ultimate aim is with tariffs. Last week’s … Read more

The Chinese Dream is to Xi what Maga is to Trump

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a faculty member at Yale, former chair of Morgan Stanley Asia, and author of ‘Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives’ Trade wars are political wars. The purpose of … Read more

The weakening Arctic consensus is worrying

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Arctic, scientists warn, displays an intensified version of how climate change plays out elsewhere on the globe. Geopolitically, too, temperatures could heat up faster in the region without careful statecraft. On the face of … Read more

Why Jamie Dimon is right about meetings

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Who said the art of letter writing was dead? The annual missive to shareholders from Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan’s chief executive and chair, ran to 57 pages plus footnotes.  Described by the Financial Times Lex column … Read more

Time to think the unthinkable about bank regulation

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a managing director at Frontline Analysts and the author of The Unaccountability Machine The bank supervisors of the world are, through speeches and “Dear CEO” letters, warning their charges of the need … Read more

A different economic outlook

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. During the past couple of weeks I think I’ve paid more attention to global financial news than ever before. Regardless of the varying degrees to which any of us are, and will be, directly … Read more

Why I’m a convert to daytime clubbing

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Not for the first time, I am dressed in my finery and standing outside a nightclub, questioning my life choices, blinking into the sunlight. Luckily for everyone involved, it’s 4.30pm not 4.30am, and I … Read more