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• How a straw-hatted anime pirate became a symbol of Gen Z dissent

  24-12-2025 12:00 via ft.com
  Young protesters around the world have rallied under the image in their fight for political change
  
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• EU foreign aid takes transactional turn with Africa minerals push

  24-12-2025 12:00 via ft.com
  Investment in Lobito Corridor comes as bloc channels development assistance towards energy, metals and migration
  
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• FirstFT: Trump replaces H-1B visa lottery with a ‘weighted’ system

  24-12-2025 11:27 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Big tech turns to special purpose vehicles to fund data centres and US economic growth exceeds expectations
  
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• FirstFT: Tech groups shift $120bn of AI debt off balance sheets

  24-12-2025 06:31 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: EU spending on US oil and top Shell auditor leaves EY role
  
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• BoJ to continue tightening gradually in 2026

  24-12-2025 06:30 via ft.com
  Read the central bank’s December forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
  
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• Year in a word: Rare earths

  24-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  These metals have become the plaything of the US-China trade war
  
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• EU spent less on US energy after $750bn Trump trade deal

  24-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Member states’ spending on US oil and gas fell 7 per cent over the past four months
  
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• FirstFT: Panama Canal ports deal hits impasse after China’s Cosco demands majority stake

  23-12-2025 22:40 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: ByteDance plans $23bn AI spend and US third-quarter economic growth surpasses expectations
  
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• US economy grew at 4.3% rate in third quarter

  23-12-2025 22:18 via ft.com
  Figure surpasses expectations after growth boosted by consumer spending
  
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• US accuses China of unfair chip trade practices

  23-12-2025 18:01 via ft.com
  Trade representative holds off increasing tariffs until 2027
  
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• Trump administration accuses China of unfair chip trade practices

  23-12-2025 18:01 via ft.com
  US trade representative holds off increasing tariffs until 2027
  
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• US economy grows at fastest pace in two years

  23-12-2025 16:56 via bbc.com
  Strong consumer spending helps the US economy grow at a faster rate than expected.
  
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• US economy hotter than expected in third quarter

  23-12-2025 16:49 via ft.com
  Consumer spending drove higher growth in the third quarter
  
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• Copper price hits record high on concerns over tariffs and shortages

  23-12-2025 12:44 via ft.com
  Industrial metal has passed $12,000 a tonne as rally continues
  
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• Who are the frontrunners for the top Fed job?

  23-12-2025 07:01 via bbc.com
  Donald Trump is due to name a new leader of the Federal Reserve at a tricky moment.
  
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• FirstFT: AI debt boom pushes US corporate bond sales close to record

  23-12-2025 06:31 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: ByteDance’s AI spending spree and private credit firms
  
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• The ECB is on hold for an extended period

  23-12-2025 06:30 via ft.com
  Read the central bank’s December forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
  
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• Whisky galore: Trump’s tariffs and cost of living create glut of undrunk Scotch

  23-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Concern over rural economies as distilleries left with a surplus that has forced some to pause or scale back production
  
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• Russia’s wage growth slows as wartime economy cools

  23-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Salary increases for new hires drop compared with last year
  
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• EU moves against cheap plastics imports as recycling plants shut

  23-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  European Commission plans additional checks and stricter rules to shore up ailing industry
  
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• Caviar and foie gras? China is becoming a luxury food powerhouse

  23-12-2025 03:00 via ft.com
  Low-cost domestic producers of prized delicacies are replacing imports and starting to break into export markets
  
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• UK exporters increasingly dissatisfied with EU trade terms, survey finds

  22-12-2025 23:30 via ft.com
  More than half of those contacted by British Chambers of Commerce criticised the post Brexit arrangements
  
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• FirstFT: Japan official warns of ‘deep concern’ over the yen’s weakness

  22-12-2025 22:58 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Larry Ellison gives $40bn personal backing to WBD bid, and a Russian general is killed by a car bomb
  
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• Canada names Mark Wiseman as US ambassador

  22-12-2025 22:00 via ft.com
  Former BlackRock executive will be tasked with helping to reset relations with Washington ahead of 2026 trade review
  
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• The year of the tariff

  22-12-2025 18:25 via ft.com
  American trade policy is geared towards re-industrialisation — and it’s working
  
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• Gold and silver hit records as investors hunt for safety

  22-12-2025 15:35 via bbc.com
  Investors are flocking to precious metals amid geopolitical tensions and expectations of more US interest rate cuts.
  
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• The EU’s old protectionist instinct outweighs its new geopolitical ambition

  22-12-2025 13:31 via ft.com
  Stalling of the EU-Mercosur trade deal is another bad sign for European strategic independence
  
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• FirstFT: 2025’s stock market winners and losers

  22-12-2025 11:52 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Binance special investigation and Apollo takes up defensive crouch
  
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• China hits EU dairy industry with levies of up to 42.7%

  22-12-2025 09:45 via ft.com
  Move stokes an already strained trading relationship between Brussels and Beijing
  
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• The year in review (part one)

  22-12-2025 07:30 via ft.com
  The defining market themes of 2025
  
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• FirstFT: Binance allowed suspicious accounts even after US settlement

  22-12-2025 06:31 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Apollo in defensive mode and private equity deals
  
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• Hawkish Fed overtones not expected to last long into 2026

  22-12-2025 06:30 via ft.com
  Read the December forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
  
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• Milei’s ‘chainsaw’ minister pushes major reforms for 2026

  22-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Argentina’s libertarian leader seeks tax and labour overhaul after midterm victory
  
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• Is Switzerland losing its place in the world?

  22-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  After a year of tumult, some are warning that a system built on neutrality, consensus and direct democracy is not moving fast enough
  
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• BoE alternative scenarios failing to bring clarity to rates policy, economists warn

  22-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  A roundtable of leading central bank watchers revealed scepticism about aspects of its new communications techniques
  
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• FirstFT: Indonesia sends military to help clear forests at rapid pace

  21-12-2025 23:14 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Macro hedge funds enjoy best year since 2008, and fraudsters use AI to fake artwork authenticity
  
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• Will markets stage a last-minute Santa rally?

  21-12-2025 13:00 via ft.com
  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
  
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• A year of Trumpian attacks on the rules-based international order

  21-12-2025 13:00 via ft.com
  Can global governance survive Donald Trump? How it started; how it’s going
  
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• America’s current account woes

  20-12-2025 11:30 via ft.com
  The risks of a weaker dollar on the current account deficit
  
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• London's West End bucks Christmas shopping trends

  20-12-2025 08:54 via bbc.com
  While UK high streets saw a drop in footfall on Black Friday, the West End saw a rise in shoppers.
  
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• Have we reached a tipping point on public debt?

  20-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  An intolerable burden is being placed on future generations that will result in financial crises and political instability
  
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• US Christmas tree growers boosted by Trump tariffs

  19-12-2025 22:00 via ft.com
  Consumers shun artificial evergreens as levies increase prices
  
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• Christmas trimming

  19-12-2025 18:36 via ft.com
  The Bank of England cut rates as expected and signalled further easing to come in 2026
  
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• Retail sales fall as Black Friday deals fail to lure shoppers

  19-12-2025 13:20 via bbc.com
  Supermarket sales fell for the fourth month in a row, while discounts did not lift Black Friday spending in November, figures suggest.
  
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• Inflation risk is still under-appreciated by investors

  19-12-2025 12:23 via ft.com
  Powerful forces look poised to reignite growth at a time when economies are close to capacity
  
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• BoE caution will not prevent further loosening in 2026

  19-12-2025 12:00 via ft.com
  Read the December forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
  
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• FirstFT: Data ‘mess’ undermines drop in US inflation

  19-12-2025 11:41 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: EU leaders agree to lend Ukraine €90bn and TikTok’s new US joint venture
  
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• Germany’s multiyear recession will only fade slowly in 2026, Bundesbank warns

  19-12-2025 11:00 via ft.com
  Central bank dashes hopes of strong recovery from debt-funded spending spree
  
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• BoJ delivers a hawkish rate increase

  19-12-2025 10:16 via ft.com
  Some rate-setters believe inflation is already at target, while the decision underscores more tightening is ahead
  
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• UK retail sales drop unexpectedly as economy struggles

  19-12-2025 08:20 via ft.com
  Volumes edged down 0.1 per cent after analysts predicted a rise
  
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