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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

New Zealand on Thursday recalled its top diplomat in Britain after he made comments questioning President Trump’s understanding of history at a public event, in a sign of the unease and sensitivities around expressing disagreements with the Trump administration. Phil Goff, New Zealand’s high commissioner to Britain — the equivalent of an ambassador between Commonwealth … Read more

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. “Europe must take charge of its own defence,” says the new geopolitical cliché, but that doesn’t make much sense. “Europe” consists of countries whose interests differ unrecognisably depending on their distance from Russia. Donald … Read more

This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Another day, another withdrawal of US support for Ukraine’s and, therefore, Europe’s security. While President Donald Trump pushes … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Investment banks that thought 2025 would bring a windfall of mergers and acquisitions fees have been disappointed so far. Nor are equity and credit traders likely to deliver outsized gains, following a blockbuster 2024. But … Read more

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 Good morning. German yields, long frozen, are thawing. Yesterday, 10-year German Bund yields hit a 28-year high, after its chancellor-in-waiting … Read more