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• Cruz says Republicans face midterms ‘bloodbath’ if tariffs trigger recession

  05-04-2025 00:14
  
  Warning from Texas senator comes as president’s trade war sends US markets into tailspin
  
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• FirstFT: US says Chinese satellite company is supporting Houthi attacks

  17-04-2025 23:44
  Also in today’s newsletter, Trump ratchets up pressure on Fed chair, and Nvidia CEO visits Beijing
  
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• Trump says US will ‘100%’ strike trade deal with EU

  17-04-2025 23:32
  US president raises hopes of breakthrough while meeting Italy’s leader Giorgia Meloni in Washington
  
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• Chinese ‘teaspresso’ chain Chagee jumps on Wall Street debut

  17-04-2025 22:39
  
  Strong performance comes despite worsening ties between Washington and Beijing
  
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• Chinese ‘teaspresso’ chain Chagee soars on Wall Street debut

  17-04-2025 21:11
  
  Strong performance comes despite worsening ties between Washington and Beijing
  
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• Supermarkets call for EU-UK deal on plant and animal exports

  17-04-2025 18:00
  Marks and Spencer and J Sainsbury intervene over veterinary agreement ahead of ‘reset’ summit next month
  
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• IMF chief cuts growth forecast over ‘off the charts’ trade uncertainty

  17-04-2025 16:01
  
  Kristalina Georgieva warns that Donald Trump’s tariff ‘reboot’ threatens to raise prices and play havoc with markets
  
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• Turkey’s central bank raises interest rate to 46%

  17-04-2025 15:45
  
  Unexpected move comes after US tariffs and arrest of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main political rival
  
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• ECB cuts rates to 2.25% amid Trump trade war

  17-04-2025 14:24
  
  Growth and inflation set to slow as central bankers prepare for tariff impact
  
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• Betting on Brazil’s economic collapse is a mistake

  17-04-2025 14:08
  
  The country offers investors an enticing value opportunity, but fiscal reform is urgently required
  
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• Trump’s policies could give China lead in global energy race, say experts

  17-04-2025 13:01
  
  Trade war and cleantech retreat are threats to US producers and may boost Beijing
  
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• Blackstone president warns US risks recession without trade deals

  17-04-2025 13:00
  
  Progress in ‘tariff diplomacy’ will determine level of danger for economy, says Jonathan Gray
  
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• Trump says end of Fed chair Powell’s tenure ‘cannot come fast enough’

  17-04-2025 12:28
  
  Attack follows pressure from the US president for the central bank to cut interest rates
  
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• Trump’s auto tariffs build on a long destructive history

  17-04-2025 12:00
  
  It is US protectionism rather than trade barriers abroad that has undermined American carmakers
  
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• Nvidia chief Jensen Huang flies to Beijing for talks

  17-04-2025 11:17
  
  Meetings with Chinese vice-premier and DeepSeek founder come after US clamps down on chipmaker’s sales to the country
  
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• TSMC’s new shape and two weeks of tariff trauma

  17-04-2025 10:29
  
  The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times
  
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• Nvidia chief Jensen Huang flies into Beijing for talks

  17-04-2025 09:56
  Visit comes after US clamps down on chipmaker’s sales to China
  
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• Trump weighs in on Japan trade talks but Tokyo team leaves without deal

  17-04-2025 07:32
  First-in-queue negotiations closely watched for signs of US strategy
  
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• Decoding recent moves in Treasury yields

  17-04-2025 07:30
  Uncertainty is high — but maybe not disastrously so
  
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• FirstFT: Trump’s tariffs likely to increase inflation and slow growth, warns Fed chair

  17-04-2025 06:32
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, Meloni meets Trump and is the global dollar over?
  
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• China seeks reset with EU amid Trump’s trade war

  17-04-2025 06:28
  
  Beijing eyes rapprochement with Brussels to compensate for loss of US market but significant hurdles remain
  
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• Trump’s tariff threats boost demand for currency hedging

  17-04-2025 06:00
  Exchange rate volatility surges to levels last reached during collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse
  
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• Trump’s tariff policy has nothing to do with trade

  17-04-2025 06:00
  
  The president is using economic warfare to compel corporate loyalty
  
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• The Chinese Dream is to Xi what Maga is to Trump

  17-04-2025 06:00
  Tariff conflict arises out of the collision course between two very different political mindsets
  
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• Italy’s Meloni seeks to jump-start US-EU trade talks

  17-04-2025 06:00
  Italian prime minister to meet Donald Trump as Brussels says it was left in the dark about Washington’s demands
  
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• Italy’s Meloni aims to jump-start US-EU trade talks

  17-04-2025 06:00
  
  Italian prime minister to meet Donald Trump as Brussels says it was left in dark about Washington’s demands
  
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• Is the world losing faith in the almighty US dollar?

  17-04-2025 06:00
  
  Donald Trump’s trade war is forcing investors to confront the possibility that the dominance of the US currency might fade — or even end
  
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• How a country Trump never ‘heard of’ ended up in his crosshairs

  17-04-2025 06:00
  Lesotho, which US trade policy turned into a hub for Levi’s jeans and Trump-branded golf shirts, faces economic devastation
  
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• How a country ‘nobody has heard of’ ended up in Trump’s crosshairs

  17-04-2025 06:00
  
  Lesotho, which US policy turned into a hub for Levi’s jeans and Trump-branded golf shirts, faces economic devastation
  
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• Europe’s centre-right calls for softening of 2035 green car target

  17-04-2025 06:00
  EU should ditch its planned ban on internal combustion engines, Manfred Weber of EPP says
  
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