Europe can’t repeat its mistakes in Turkey

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is director of the Turkey programme at the Middle East Institute and author of ‘Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria’ Just days before Turkey’s main opposition party held Sunday’s … Read more

Personal finance experts react to the Spring Statement

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nimesh Shah Rachel Reeves’ plans to invest an additional £300mn in HM Revenue & Customs over the next five years will not even scratch the surface in tackling the gap between what the tax authority … Read more

Rachel Reeves can still raise UK business spirits — on a shoestring

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What’s in it for me? That’s a question many British businesses will legitimately be asking after Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement. For all of the UK chancellor’s rhetoric about kick-starting economic growth, the domestically focused FTSE … Read more

Trump’s economic and political threat to Mexico

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Mexico will learn its fate just after April Fool’s Day. Donald Trump has called April 2 “liberation day”. For Mexicans, it will be the moment they discover the extent of the economic damage … Read more

Wishful thinking on climate won’t make it so

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Australian politician Julia Gillard once wondered what it was about “the air in England that makes conservatives care about climate change”. The Conservative party’s commitment to a greener planet made it an outlier among … Read more

Japan plays host to a clash of capital and culture

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When activist investor Oasis Management called for change at Japanese consumer goods giant Kao — proposing boardroom reform through the election of outside directors and long term incentives — the response was clear and decisive. … Read more

Trump’s flawed plan to bring business to America

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump has recently notched up an impressive roll of investment pledges from companies as he attempts to turn the US into a manufacturing powerhouse. Last week, the chief of semiconductor giant Nvidia … Read more