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• The dark days after the tariff apocalypse

  07-04-2025 13:31 via ft.com
  
  A short, medium and long-term guide to Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ duties
  
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• Europe’s opportunity amid Trump’s chaos

  22-04-2025 14:36 via ft.com
  The EU must move swiftly on growth reforms to capitalise on investors’ rising interest
  
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• Trump is making Fed chair the world’s worst job

  22-04-2025 13:30 via ft.com
  
  The president is intent on shaping the role for Jay Powell and his successor
  
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• FirstFT: Gold hits new record as Trump renews attacks on Fed chair

  22-04-2025 12:24 via ft.com
  Worries about Fed independence grow and who will succeed Pope Francis?
  
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• Gold hits $3,500 for first time as Trump’s attack on Powell rattles markets

  22-04-2025 11:07 via ft.com
  
  Haven assets in demand as criticism of US Fed unnerves investors
  
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• Roche to spend $50bn on US manufacturing and R&D

  22-04-2025 08:45 via ft.com
  Swiss group becomes latest pharmaceutical company to promise investment in the face of potential tariffs
  
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• Donald Trump needs Jay Powell

  22-04-2025 07:30 via ft.com
  And he probably knows it
  
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• Brussels warms to efforts to organise summit with Trump

  22-04-2025 07:00 via ft.com
  
  Also in this newsletter: MEPs urge the EU to cover gap left by US aid cuts in Ukraine
  
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• FirstFT: US stocks and dollar sink as Trump renews attacks on Fed chair

  22-04-2025 06:34 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter, Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund sues over City of London skyscraper, and the legacy of Pope Francis
  
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• Trump tariff talk roils US oil industry in bedrock Republican territory

  22-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  North Dakota was a pioneer in the shale boom but now finds itself wrestling with falling prices amid trade war rhetoric
  
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• The Catholic Church after Pope Francis

  22-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Wall Street stocks dropped as President Donald Trump attacked Federal Reserve chair …
  
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• Japanese investors sold $20bn of foreign debt as Trump tariffs shook markets

  22-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Pension funds likely to have offloaded US bonds because of tumble in Wall Street stocks, investors say
  
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• Japan carmakers’ US success could become a liability

  22-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Navigating tariffs poses challenges for groups once welcomed as contributors to local jobs and economic growth
  
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• India under tariff pressure to give Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart full market access

  22-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Trade talks set to discuss giving US ecommerce giants a level playing field with local rivals
  
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• China’s Yellow Sea fish farms stoke anger in South Korea

  22-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Expansion in disputed waters could open latest front in Beijing’s ‘grey zone’ tactics, experts warn
  
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• FirstFT: China cuts off new investment in US private equity

  22-04-2025 00:23 via ft.com
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, CATL unveils breakthrough in EV batteries, and the legacy of Pope Francis
  
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• Illinois farmers focus on planting rather than Trump tariffs

  21-04-2025 15:21 via ft.com
  
  Veterans of the trade wars, they know a great deal could change before the harvest
  
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• The US, not others, will feel most pain from its economic mistakes

  21-04-2025 15:00 via ft.com
  
  America is not the economic powerhouse it once was
  
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• Britain to boost explosives production to cut reliance on imports

  21-04-2025 13:56 via ft.com
  
  New methods will remove need for nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, key raw materials in high demand since war in Ukraine
  
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• Trading partners ponder the art of fobbing Trump off with a weak deal

  21-04-2025 13:31 via ft.com
  Governments are hoping they can offer symbolic gains to make the US president go away
  
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• Will the World Bank’s climate push survive Trump?

  21-04-2025 13:00 via ft.com
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, US tariffs add new risks for renewable investors
  
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• FirstFT: China cuts off US cash flow

  21-04-2025 11:51 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter, tributes to Pope Francis, IMF gloom and can Poilievre beat Carney?
  
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• China pulls back from US private equity investments

  21-04-2025 08:24 via ft.com
  Industry executives report change of approach as Beijing bears the brunt of Trump’s tariffs
  
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• Dollar weakens as Trump attack on Fed chair Powell rattles markets

  21-04-2025 07:13 via ft.com
  
  Gold price climbs while Swiss franc reaches 10-year high
  
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• Dollar weakens after Trump attacks on Fed

  21-04-2025 07:13 via ft.com
  Gold price climbs while Swiss franc reaches 10-year high
  
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• Beijing warns countries not to act against China in trade deals with US

  21-04-2025 07:12 via ft.com
  Response to concerns that Washington will push trade partners to isolate Chinese goods and businesses
  
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• FirstFT: Gloom ahead of IMF meetings as global confidence slumps

  21-04-2025 06:32 via ft.com
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, Israeli military admits ‘professional failures’ and Jamie Dimon’s call to ‘kill’ meetings
  
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• US thrift stores bank on windfall from Trump’s tariffs

  21-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Second-hand goods could be in vogue when levies lift prices for imports, analysts say
  
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• US tariffs on pharmaceuticals risk shortages of lower-cost generic drugs

  21-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Vast majority of drugs prescribed in America are off-patent generics made in lower-cost countries
  
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• Martin Wolf talks to David Autor: could AI be a bigger threat to US jobs than China?

  21-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Automation will disrupt American jobs more widely than China ever did
  
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