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• Tariffs on goods may be a prelude to tariffs on money

  14-03-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Capital inflows could be the Trump administration’s next target
  
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• Trump’s policies shatter Wall Street’s ‘US exceptionalism’ trade

  23-03-2025 18:00 via ft.com
  Stocks and dollar fall in tandem as tariffs dent outlook for American economy
  
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• Why ships are the new chips

  23-03-2025 17:00 via ft.com
  
  The Trump administration wants to make America’s maritime capacity great again
  
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• How to create a true common market for defence

  23-03-2025 14:00 via ft.com
  
  Even Eurosceptics and Britain-bashers should acknowledge the advantage of smooth weaponry supply chains
  
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• Will the UK Chancellor announce more spending cuts?

  23-03-2025 13:00 via ft.com
  
  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
  
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• Five optimistic scenarios for the global economy

  23-03-2025 13:00 via ft.com
  
  A Trump U-turn and surprise growth in Europe and China are possible
  
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• China says it is ready for ‘shocks’ as fresh Trump tariffs loom

  23-03-2025 06:49 via ft.com
  
  Premier Li tells business leaders Beijing chooses to pursue globalisation and multilateralism
  
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• L’Oréal leads beauty groups telling Brussels to leave them out of trade war

  23-03-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  
  French group says 16 companies have told EU to remove US cosmetics from retaliation list
  
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• Carmakers rush to ship vehicles to US ahead of new round of April tariffs

  23-03-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  
  Vessels have been directed to Asia and Europe to carry ‘thousands’ more cars to America than usual
  
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• Argentines snap up foreign goods as Milei strengthens peso

  23-03-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  
  Chinese solar panels and Uruguayan butter arrive as president tackles inflation by easing import restrictions
  
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• Temasek and Warburg Pincus seek up to $5bn for sale of healthcare company GHX

  22-03-2025 14:00 via ft.com
  
  Investment funds have been looking to offload assets in a push to realise returns
  
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• Can the dollar remain king of currencies?

  22-03-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  The greenback’s global dominance was forged on trade, alliances and institutions — now that era is at risk of drawing to a close
  
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• Trump revokes security clearance for Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton

  22-03-2025 05:16 via ft.com
  
  US president is stepping up a campaign of retribution against his political enemies
  
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• South-east Asian markets roiled as investors turn to China

  22-03-2025 02:22 via ft.com
  
  Indonesian stocks hit four-year low and Thailand sees outflows as funds rethink growth story for region’s biggest economies
  
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• UK looks at cutting digital services tax to avoid Trump tariffs

  21-03-2025 21:22 via ft.com
  
  US ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson signals that a variety of options are on the table
  
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• US to probe Chinese telecom groups it suspects of posing security risk

  21-03-2025 18:40 via ft.com
  
  Huawei, ZTE and China Telecom among companies targeted by new FCC investigation
  
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• Mexican stocks deflect Trump’s trade blows

  21-03-2025 16:31 via ft.com
  
  President Claudia Sheinbaum has been deft at reading and handling her US counterpart
  
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• The UK’s inflation basket is a casual vibe check

  21-03-2025 16:00 via ft.com
  
  Collecting price data on meat pies and VR headsets is a strange exercise
  
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• The dizzying shifts in the global economic narrative

  21-03-2025 15:23 via ft.com
  
  Investors and policymakers are struggling to keep pace with change
  
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• FirstFT: Closure of London’s Heathrow airport leads to travel chaos

  21-03-2025 12:28 via ft.com
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, European plan to replace US in Nato, and companies backtrack on climate goals in bosses’ pay
  
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• Government borrowing higher than expected in February

  21-03-2025 11:19 via bbc.com
  
  The latest figures for the UK economy add pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her Spring Statement next week.
  
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• Trump imposes sanctions on Chinese companies over Iranian oil shipments

  21-03-2025 09:47 via ft.com
  
  US measures are latest salvo in a ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Tehran
  
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• Bessent’s debt dilemma

  21-03-2025 07:30 via ft.com
  
  And tariffs’ drag on earnings
  
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• FirstFT: London’s Heathrow airport closed all day after nearby fire cuts power

  21-03-2025 06:43 via ft.com
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, European plan to replace US in Nato and companies backtrack on climate goals in bosses’ pay
  
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• UK should not cave in to Trump’s ‘bullying’ over tech tax says Davey

  21-03-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  
  Lib Dem leader warns US president is ‘an unreliable ally’
  
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• Tin hats on, investors — and consider the cockroach stocks

  21-03-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Confusion reigns over Trump’s policies and the long-term effect of AI
  
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• The madness of the £100,000 childcare tax trap

  21-03-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  
  With some parents requiring a 50 per cent pay rise to mitigate the effects of the threshold, the trap is zapping productivity
  
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• Trump invokes wartime powers to increase US minerals production

  20-03-2025 23:24 via ft.com
  
  President signs Defense Production Act in attempt to wean the country off critical resources from China
  
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• FirstFT: European military powers discuss plans to replace US in Nato

  20-03-2025 23:03 via ft.com
  
  Also in today’s newsletter, Trump sanctions Chinese companies over Iran oil shipments, and Foxconn set to sign contract to produce EVs for Mitsubishi Motors
  
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• Dour Fed, cheery market

  20-03-2025 21:00 via ft.com
  
  Is uncertainty about the president already priced in?
  
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