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• US tariffs will make global trade shrink, says WTO

  16-04-2025 18:25 via bbc.com
  
  The Geneva-based institution says American tariffs will send international trade into reverse.
  
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• Early US trade pact is a diplomatic win as Starmer struggles at home

  08-05-2025 12:40
  Agreement likely to be narrow in scope and largely an exercise in damage limitation
  
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• FirstFT: Pimco warns investors are underestimating Trump’s resolve on trade

  08-05-2025 12:24
  Also in today’s newsletter, US-UK trade deal and the colourful history of the conclave
  
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• Trump’s tariffs will boomerang on US exporters

  08-05-2025 12:00
  
  A tax on imports is a tax on exports
  
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• Maersk boss says upending global trade with tariffs could take decades

  08-05-2025 10:46
  
  Vincent Clerc says changing supply chains fast using trade war is ‘very unrealistic’
  
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• Yvette Cooper’s shadow looms over UK trade ambitions

  08-05-2025 10:30
  
  Deal with India signals progress, but Home Office still sets terms on government’s immigration strategy
  
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• Toyota warns profits set to fall 21% as Trump tariffs take their toll

  08-05-2025 07:50
  
  World’s biggest carmaker forecast includes $1.25bn impact from trade levies in April and May
  
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• The Fed digs in

  08-05-2025 07:30
  And making sense of Trump’s economic vision
  
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• How the EU deforestation law aggravates the trade dispute with the US

  08-05-2025 07:00
  Also in this newsletter: Ukrainian parliament to ratify minerals deal with the US
  
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• FirstFT: Trump worries push Europe to prioritise defence ahead of Nato summit

  08-05-2025 06:41
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, US-UK trade deal and Trump offers to mediate India-Pakistan conflict
  
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• Trump to announce trade deal with UK

  08-05-2025 06:09
  
  The agreement is expected to be unveiled later on Thursday
  
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• The ants, the grasshopper and Japan’s future

  08-05-2025 06:00
  Trump’s trade crisis will answer whether the country’s corporates have saved or danced all summer
  
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• Investors are misjudging Trump’s resolve on tariffs, Pimco warns

  08-05-2025 06:00
  Bond giant says Wall Street should ‘believe’ the president’s threats to restore big levies
  
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• How can Democrats combat Donald Trump?

  08-05-2025 06:00
  
  Democratic politicians are either protesting against Republicans or podcasting with them - will either strategy succeed?
  
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• Has Japan been an ant or a grasshopper?

  08-05-2025 06:00
  Trump’s trade crisis will answer whether the country’s corporates have saved or danced all summer
  
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• EU capitals want retaliation against Trump delayed to avoid Nato clash

  08-05-2025 06:00
  Diplomats are urging Brussels to prioritise US security relations and put contentious trade decisions on hold
  
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• A resilient US economy can withstand the Trump tariff shock

  08-05-2025 06:00
  International trade and American growth have bounced back from big setbacks before
  
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• China’s Xi attacks US ‘hegemony’ ahead of Putin summit

  08-05-2025 03:00
  Chinese and Russian presidents to signal strength of their alliance in Moscow meeting
  
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• British chip designer Arm latest to be hit by Trump tariff uncertainty

  08-05-2025 00:23
  SoftBank-owned company reported its fourth-quarter results and issued a conservative sales outlook
  
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• US scraps Biden-era rule that aimed to limit exports of AI chips

  07-05-2025 22:54
  
  Official says Trump administration will draft guidelines to ensure American technology flourishes
  
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• Federal Reserve warns of rising economic risks as it holds rates steady

  07-05-2025 20:51
  Policymakers say inflation and unemployment could increase as Donald Trump’s tariffs heighten uncertainty
  
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• Federal Reserve holds rates steady as it warns of rising economic risks

  07-05-2025 20:51
  
  Policymakers say inflation and unemployment could rise as Donald Trump’s tariffs heighten uncertainty
  
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• Fed warns of rising economic risks as it holds rates steady

  07-05-2025 20:51
  
  Policymakers say inflation and unemployment could increase as Trump’s tariffs heighten uncertainty
  
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• Why Pakistan can’t afford another conflict with India

  07-05-2025 19:49
  
  The country’s economic vulnerability makes a prolonged conflict particularly dangerous
  
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• Poland cuts interest rates by half a point ahead of presidential vote

  07-05-2025 19:45
  
  Prime minister Donald Tusk called the reduction in borrowing costs ‘better late than never’
  
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• Lights, camera, inaction: why film tariffs would be a flop

  07-05-2025 16:43
  
  The US risks seeing one of its rare surpluses shrivel back
  
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• Submit your questions now: How should central banks navigate the new world order?

  07-05-2025 16:08
  
  Pose questions to FT journalists about the monetary policy picture in the US and the rest of the world
  
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• Uber shares fall amid fears of slowing US consumer demand

  07-05-2025 14:06
  San Francisco company posts weaker than expected gross bookings for first quarter
  
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• Uber posts upbeat outlook on US consumer demand for ride-hailing

  07-05-2025 14:06
  
  Shares fall after San Francisco company narrowly missed gross bookings estimates for previous quarter
  
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• Uber allays fears over slowing US consumer demand for ride-hailing

  07-05-2025 12:55
  San Francisco-based company forecast stronger than expected outlook for current quarter
  
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