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• FirstFT: Wall Street stocks soar as Donald Trump backs down from global trade war

  09-04-2025 23:41
  Also in today’s newsletter, Apple leans on India to help ease Trump’s China tariffs, and Ukraine says more than 150 Chinese nationals fighting for Russia
  
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• An apology to the bond vigilantes

  09-04-2025 22:36
  
  And a thank you from FT Alphaville
  
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• US stocks soar as Donald Trump backs down in global trade war

  09-04-2025 22:02
  Washington scraps most tariffs against countries that have not retaliated but increases levies on China
  
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• Donald Trump backs down in global trade war

  09-04-2025 22:02
  
  Washington scraps most tariffs against countries that have not retaliated but increases levies on China
  
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• Markets calling off America’s Greatest Depression

  09-04-2025 20:21
  For now, at least!
  
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• Is the US making $2bn a day from tariffs? Trump claims fact-checked

  09-04-2025 20:15 via bbc.com
  
  President Trump has made a series of claims about how the US faces "unfair trade"as he justifies his sweeping tariffs on imports from other countries.
  
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• Starmer shifts focus in US trade talks to cutting 25% tariff on UK cars

  09-04-2025 19:55
  Prime minister admits he does not know if Trump can be persuaded to scrap 10% levy on all imports
  
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• US stocks surge as Trump pauses ‘reciprocal’ tariffs for 90 days

  09-04-2025 19:29
  
  Most countries’ imports face a maximum 10% levy but Trump hits China harder
  
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• Uncertainty persists even after Trump’s ‘capitulation to markets’, investors say

  09-04-2025 19:29
  Goldman Sachs rapidly reverses call for recession after president’s U-turn
  
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• Bitcoin stabilises as hopes rise Trump tariffs will renew interest in crypto

  09-04-2025 18:57
  Cryptocurrency recovers off lows even as US and China ratchet up trade tensions
  
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• UK and India rush to secure trade deal after Trump tariffs

  09-04-2025 18:48
  Long-delayed talks between London and New Delhi given fresh impetus by US taxes on imports
  
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• Brent crude dips below $60 per barrel for first time in 4 years

  09-04-2025 18:42
  
  Oil price hit by recession fears as trade war between US and China escalates
  
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• Will the Fed intervene in disorderly markets?

  09-04-2025 18:30
  
  The central bank will strain every sinew not to be seen to bail out Donald Trump
  
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• US government debt sinks as pivotal $39bn Treasury auction looms

  09-04-2025 18:24
  
  Investors contend with fallout as Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs come into effect
  
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• US government debt sell-off eases after $39bn Treasury auction

  09-04-2025 18:24
  Investors contend with fallout as Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs come into effect
  
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• Apple turns to India to help ease Trump’s China tariffs

  09-04-2025 18:01
  
  iPhone maker is facing one of the biggest threats to its business in years
  
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• Grocers can provide shelter from tariff storm

  09-04-2025 17:59
  Investors on the lookout for havens may want to check out supermarket stocks
  
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• Cost of insuring Europe’s riskiest companies against debt defaults surges

  09-04-2025 17:56
  Costs jump to 18-month highs as fears grow about health of region’s highly indebted groups
  
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• Walmart warns tariffs have made profit outlook less predictable

  09-04-2025 17:40
  The largest US retailer is striving to keep prices low even as Donald Trump’s levies take effect
  
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• Keir Starmer shifts focus in US trade talks to cutting 25% tariff on UK cars

  09-04-2025 17:22
  PM admits he does not know if Trump can be persuaded to scrap 10 per cent levy on all imports
  
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• UK mortgage lenders cut rates after Trump tariffs

  09-04-2025 17:20 via bbc.com
  
  Lenders lower mortgage costs as experts forecast interest rates will be cut by more than expected.
  
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• Tariffs are coming for my . . .  nuclear warheads?

  09-04-2025 16:41
  
  Imports boom
  
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• What is behind the Treasury sell off?

  09-04-2025 16:38
  
  The double whammy of falling bond and equity prices could partly be hedge funds unwinding so-called ‘basis trades’
  
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• How investors can survive the ‘Orange Crash’

  09-04-2025 15:59
  
  Market meltdowns are all the same — here are six things I’ve learnt
  
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• Trump rips up rulebook on trade and businesses are left reeling

  09-04-2025 15:40 via bbc.com
  
  Firms say the rapid change in US trade policy, including big taxes on China, has left them in flux.
  
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• UK borrowing costs soar to highest level since 1998

  09-04-2025 15:27
  
  Jump in yields on 30-year gilts came as investors dumped US Treasuries after concluding country had ‘lost control of its senses’
  
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• Five books to boost your understanding of tariffs and trade wars

  09-04-2025 15:25
  
  As tariffs escalate, FT specialists recommend titles that explain the forces and ideas shaping trade policy in recent decades, including President Trump’s trade war
  
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• China hits US imports with additional retaliatory tariff of 50%

  09-04-2025 14:15
  
  Beijing to match new duties imposed by Donald Trump with effect from Thursday as trade war escalates
  
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• Has America discovered its ‘moron risk premium’?

  09-04-2025 14:00
  
  Bond bombshell
  
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• US stocks volatile as trade war intensifies

  09-04-2025 13:21
  
  Investors contend with fallout as Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs come into effect
  
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• S&P 500 opens 0.4% lower as trade war intensifies

  09-04-2025 13:21
  
  Declines come after Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs come into effect
  
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• China retaliates with new 50% tariff on US imports

  09-04-2025 13:21
  
  Measure comes as Treasury yields soar
  
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• The hopeless search for Trump’s cunning plan

  09-04-2025 13:06
  
  Attempts to read grand strategy into the US president’s doings have run their course
  
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• Top ECB policymaker warns ‘worst-case scenarios’ are materialising

  09-04-2025 12:33
  Bank of Spain governor says global investors may reassess role of US dollar as haven currency
  
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• Top ECB policymaker warns that ‘worst-case scenarios’ are materialising

  09-04-2025 12:33
  Bank of Spain governor says global investors may reassess role of US dollar as haven currency
  
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• BoE warns of possible ‘further sharp correction’ in markets after tariff turmoil

  09-04-2025 11:59
  Central bank warns UK economy is particularly exposed to volatility triggered by Donald Trump’s policies
  
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• Deutsche’s dollar downer

  09-04-2025 11:51
  ‘The end of an era’
  
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• Trade war makes improved UK-EU relations ‘imperative’, says Reeves

  09-04-2025 11:34
  Britain could exploit the chaos unleashed by Donald Trump, chancellor tells FT
  
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• Japanese market walks a geopolitical tightrope

  09-04-2025 10:48
  
  Country finds itself caught precariously between two rivals, each demanding its loyalty
  
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• US to retaliate against international carbon levies on ships

  09-04-2025 10:21
  Trump administration warns other members of UN’s maritime body against measure negotiated this week
  
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• US tripling of small-package duties delivers further blow to Shein and Temu

  09-04-2025 10:15
  Ecommerce platforms were already facing closure of duty-free loophole for parcels from China
  
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• Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs take effect

  09-04-2025 09:52
  
  Investors reel as new levies on the EU, China and other major trading partners come into force
  
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• Do Treasuries hedge stocks right now?

  09-04-2025 09:36
  
  Tariffs and positive correlation
  
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• US Treasuries sell-off deepens as ‘safe haven’ status challenged

  09-04-2025 09:30
  
  Investors say misfiring ‘basis trades’ piling pressure on US government bond market
  
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• US Treasuries sell-off challenges ‘safe haven’ status

  09-04-2025 09:30
  Investors say misfiring ‘basis trades’ piling pressure on US government bond market
  
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• Why the EU takes no pleasure in hitting back at Trump’s tariffs

  09-04-2025 07:00
  
  Also in this newsletter: Italy cracks down on ticket scams at Rome’s landmarks
  
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• FirstFT: Global market rout deepens as Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs kick in

  09-04-2025 06:29
  Also in today’s newsletter, UK growth forecasts dip and visual story on China’s trade dominance
  
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• Trump’s sweeping tariffs take effect

  09-04-2025 06:02
  Investors reel as new levies on the EU, China and other major trading partners come into force
  
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• Trump defies market tumult as tariffs take effect

  09-04-2025 06:02
  Investors reel as new levies on the EU, China and other major trading partners come into force
  
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• Market turmoil strains bro-sphere’s bromance with Trump

  09-04-2025 06:01
  Conservative podcasters who were key to US president’s election win are divided by tariff fallout
  
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