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• China doubles down on export-led growth model

  02-01-2026 06:00
  The country plans to reinforce its dominance of global manufacturing, despite persistent deflation at home and rising tensions abroad
  
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• Spain’s unemployment rate falls to lowest level since 2008

  27-01-2026 14:29
  Country leads the formerly weak southern EU economies that are now outpacing France and Germany
  
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• Who’s been buying all the gold?

  27-01-2026 14:28
  Because it doesn’t look like it’s the central banks
  
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• Trump, the Fed and Newton’s third law of motion

  27-01-2026 13:30
  The past week showed every action has a reaction, many of which will annoy the US president
  
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• Trump, the Fed and Newton’s third law

  27-01-2026 13:30
  The past week showed every action has a reaction, many of which will annoy the US president
  
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• FirstFT: White House signals shift over immigration crackdown

  27-01-2026 11:41
  Also in today’s newsletter: US links Ukraine security guarantees to ceding of territory and EU-India trade deal
  
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• EU and India seal trade pact

  27-01-2026 08:16
  Deal will reduce or phase out levies on cars, alcohol and machinery while protecting some agricultural products
  
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• EU and India seal trade deal

  27-01-2026 08:16
  Pact will reduce or phase out levies on cars, alcohol and machinery while protecting some agricultural products
  
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• EU set to clinch long hoped-for trade deal with India

  27-01-2026 07:00
  Also this newsletter: Should laggard financial reform capitals be punished?
  
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• FirstFT: Big Tech debt spree raises AI risk fears in US bond market

  27-01-2026 06:31
  Also in today’s newsletter: Ukraine security guarantees and EU-India trade
  
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• The ECB will hold until it is pushed away from its ‘good place’

  27-01-2026 06:30
  Read the central bank’s January forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
  
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• UK sofa retailer emerges as unlikely winner from Trump’s trade war

  27-01-2026 06:00
  London-listed DFS appears to be benefiting from US-China trade tensions and the rerouting of goods into Europe
  
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• Trade war pays an unlikely dividend for some UK retailers

  27-01-2026 06:00
  Sofa specialist DFS appears to be benefiting from US-China trade tensions and the rerouting of goods into Europe
  
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• Trump to raise tariffs on South Korea to 25%

  27-01-2026 03:00
  US president accuses Seoul of ‘not living up to’ agreement struck with Washington last year
  
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• EU to announce ‘mother of all’ Indian trade deals

  27-01-2026 02:00
  Conclusion of long-discussed pact to open markets was spurred by Donald Trump’s tariff offensive
  
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• UK shop price inflation rises to its highest level in nearly 2 years

  27-01-2026 01:01
  Cost of meat, fish and fruit jumps in January as higher energy charges and taxes spread through economy
  
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• Trump to increase tariffs on South Korea to 25%

  27-01-2026 00:12
  US president accuses Seoul of ‘not living up to’ agreement struck with Washington last year
  
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• Trump increases tariffs on South Korea to 25%

  26-01-2026 23:13
  US president accuses Seoul of ‘not living up to’ agreement struck with Washington last year
  
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• How China pulled off a great tech reversal

  26-01-2026 16:07
  Beijing has long pursued an industrial strategy aimed at acquiring global technology
  
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• Why Trump’s geopolitical tariffs tend to end in Taco

  26-01-2026 13:31
  Unlike his protectionist duties, the US president’s coercive foreign policy levies almost always come to nothing
  
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• FirstFT: Trump faces backlash against immigration crackdown

  26-01-2026 06:50
  Also in today’s newsletter: IPO market and sanctioned Iranian’s European properties
  
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• Trump is the wrong answer to the right questions

  26-01-2026 06:00
  The US president has an uncanny ability to spot the faultlines in the old order and manipulate them to his advantage
  
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• Indian exporters seek new markets after Trump’s trade blitz

  26-01-2026 02:12
  New Delhi expected to seal deal with EU that will help manufacturers offset the impact of punitive US tariffs
  
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• FirstFT: China’s military accuses top general of undermining Xi Jinping’s authority

  25-01-2026 22:44
  Also in today’s newsletter: US protests Trump immigration crackdown and Saudi Arabia to scale back Neom megaproject
  
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• Fed sets rates as Trump nears decision on who to back as chair

  25-01-2026 19:15
  Plus, UK’s Starmer heads to Beijing, and Apple and Tesla in focus as earnings season builds steam
  
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• Will the Fed bow to Trump’s pressure for lower interest rates?

  25-01-2026 13:00
  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
  
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• How one year of ‘America First’ left workers behind

  25-01-2026 13:00
  The Trump administration’s rhetoric on blue-collar jobs has not matched reality
  
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• Middle powers may miss the global order more than they think

  25-01-2026 06:00
  Even if you are not interested in the superpowers, they will sooner or later be interested in you
  
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• Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Canada if it seals trade deal with China

  24-01-2026 16:23
  North American tensions resurface after Mark Carney warned of ‘rupture’ in global order at Davos
  
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• Who can take the credit for taming Trump?

  24-01-2026 12:00
  The answer matters because Europeans are likely to remain divided on how to handle the US president
  
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