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US president Donald Trumpâs tariffs on Mexico and Canada are paused for now, commercial property investment is starting to recover from a two-year slump, and Eurozone inflation unexpectedly ticked up in January. Plus, the French AI company Mistral was supposed to be Europeâs answer to US Big Tech dominance, but itâs struggling to gain traction.
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US to pause tariffs on Canada for 30 days after Trudeau and Trump agree deal
Investors choose flats and hotels over offices as property deals return
Eurozone inflation rises to 2.5% in January
Has Europeâs great hope for AI missed its moment?
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Katie McMurran, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Donald Trump hit Canada, Mexico and China with steep tariffs on Saturday, and oil and gas groups are relying more heavily on carbon offsets to reach climate targets. Plus, EU governments are exploring ways to include the UK and Norway in a âcoalition of the willingâ dedicated to ramping up the continentâs defence.
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âA trade war on steroidsâ: Trump ushers in new age of US protectionism
Trump tariffs spark panic and anger in Canada and Mexico
EU opens door to UK and Norway for defence âcoalition of willingâ
Shell dominates carbon credit market as clean energy spending scaled back
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Ethan Plotkin, Katie McMurran, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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American foreign aid supports everything from arms sales to HIV treatment. But this week, with the stroke of a pen, Donald Trump suspended nearly all of that aid for 90 days. The FTâs Africa editor David Pilling and US defence and security correspondent Felicia Schwartz join this weekâs Swamp Notes to discuss how Trump is rapidly redefining Americaâs role on the world stage.
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Donald Trumpâs foreign aid freeze sparks global funding crisis
US officials push to exempt Ukraine from Rubioâs foreign aid freeze
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Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson and Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.
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Apple revealed quarterly results that slightly exceeded Wall Street expectations, SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25bn into OpenAI, and the European Central Bank cut interest rates as it warned about headwinds to the blocâs economy. Plus, there are concerns that Chinaâs hukou system creates second-class citizens and holds back consumption in urban areas.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Apple results top estimates even as iPhone sales stall
SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25bn in OpenAI
ECB warns of âheadwindsâ to Eurozone economy as it cuts rate to 2.75%
How a Mao-era system creates second-class citizens in modern China
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Big Tech earnings season is in full swing, the US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady despite pressure from President Donald Trump, and Syriaâs new government pressed Moscow about reparations. Plus, activist short-selling is on the decline.
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Metaâs bumper results tempered by revenue outlook
Federal Reserve keeps US interest rates on hold
Syria asks Russia for reparations
Last men standing: the short sellers who remain after Hindenburgâs exit
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Advances in artificial intelligence by Chinese start-up DeepSeek caused a frantic sell-off of energy and infrastructure shares, and Donald Trumpâs Treasury secretary is pushing for new universal tariffs to start at 2.5 per cent. A study finds that ETFs make the market more efficient, and Boeing reports its second-biggest annual loss.
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DeepSeek-driven sell-off puts power demands of AI in doubt, says IEA
Scott Bessent pushes gradual 2.5% universal tariffs plan
ETFs increase efficiency of the market, new study shows
Boeing reports second-biggest annual loss after tough 2024
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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US tech stocks tumbled after advances by Chinese start-up DeepSeek ignited worries over whether America could sustain its lead in artificial intelligence. Latin American leaders will hold an emergency summit to respond to President Donald Trumpâs mass deportations of migrants, and Starbucks is cracking down on non-customer access to its stores.
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Advances by Chinaâs DeepSeek sow doubts about AI spending
Tech stocks slump as Chinaâs DeepSeek stokes fears over AI spending
âBack to 1897â: Latin America scrambles to respond to Donald Trumpâs aggression
Starbucks cracks down on freeloaders to reverse sales decline
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Pressure is piling on the European Union to cut back its sustainability agenda, Wall Street may thwart President Donald Trumpâs call for a new oil boom, and the US president unleashes retaliatory tariffs against Colombia. Plus, Microsoftâs stake in OpenAI is complicating the start-upâs path to become a for-profit company.
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Trump agenda piles pressure on EU to cut red tape
Wall Street will stymie Donald Trumpâs US oil surge plan, say shale bosses
Trump imposes tariffs and sanctions on Colombia in spat over migrants
OpenAI struggles to price Microsoft stake in deal to become for-profit company
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Donald Trump has made a lot of enemies over the years. He spent his first week back in the White House going after them â and is reshaping the federal government in the process. The FTâs Washington bureau chief James Politi and US legal and enforcement correspondent Stefania Palma join this weekâs Swamp Notes to explain what the presidentâs first week signals about his plans for the next four years.
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Donald Trump vs the âdeep stateâ: presidentâs vendetta agenda takes shape
Trumpâs pick for justice department to face scrutiny on vow to prosecute his opponents
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Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson and Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.
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A federal judge has blocked US President Donald Trumpâs attempt to end birthright citizenship, and shares in the leading makers of anti-obesity drugs have dipped. Trump has ordered officials to draw up retaliatory measures against âextraterritorialâ taxes, and Emilia PĂ©rez has emerged as frontrunner after the 2025 Academy Award nominations.
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Judge halts Donald Trumpâs effort to end US citizenship at birth
Donald Trump threatens to double tax rates for foreign nationals and companies
Investors lose their appetite for the obesity trade
Oscar nominations 2025: cartel musical Emilia PĂ©rez on song with 13
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Michela Tindera, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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European bank dividends are at their highest levels since 2007, US President Donald Trump froze billions of dollars in federal funding to green infrastructure projects, and Trump said yesterday that the US would impose more sanctions on Moscow if its war in Ukraine doesnât end soon. Plus, military regimes in Africa's Sahel region are cracking down on international mining companies.
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European banks to reward investors with bumper âŹ123bn in payouts
Donald Trump halts more than $300bn in US green infrastructure funding
Trump tells Putin to reach Ukraine âdealâ soon or US will increase sanctions
AI-developed drug will be in trials by year-end, says Googleâs Hassabis
The âterrifyingâ crackdown on mining companies in Africaâs coup belt
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Michela Tindera, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Netflix added a record 19mn subscribers in the fourth quarter, fuelled by live sports. US stocks rallied while currencies swung the day after Donald Trumpâs inauguration, and TikTok-owner ByteDance plans to spend $12bn on AI chips in 2025. Plus, Chinese citizensâ doubts grow over the governmentâs economic growth claims.
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Netflix shares jump as it adds record number of subscribers
Wall Street stocks climb as investors parse Donald Trumpâs executive orders
TikTok-owner ByteDance plans to spend $12bn on AI chips in 2025
Chinese citizensâ doubts grow over official economic growth claims
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Belgium has launched a criminal probe into the DRCâs allegation. Donald Trump is sworn in as US president. Davos leaders reject climate banking group. And Toyota struggles to jumpstart hydrogen car sales.
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Trump and the contest between two visions of democracy
Apple hit by Belgian probe over âblood mineralsâ in Congo
Toyota rethinks its bet on hydrogen
Dollar tumbles as Trump shies away from trade tariffs
This episode of the FT News Briefing was produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon, Mischa Frankl-Duval, Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Donald Trump will become US president for the second time on Monday. Investors pile into a fund that spreads its assets equally across the S&P 500, as concerns about a tech bubble grow. A hostage and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas is underway. Plus, how El Salvadorâs President Nayib Bukele became a model for the global far right.
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Donald Trump plans blitz of executive orders for first days in White House
Investors pour billions into S&P equal weight fund as tech fears rise
Hamas hands over three Israeli hostages as ceasefire begins
How El Salvador became a model for the global far right
Trump-backed memecoin value tops $12bn as crypto industry hopes rise
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Not long ago, American corporations were promoting racial justice initiatives and promising to combat climate change. Thatâs all changed in the months since Donald Trumpâs election. The FTâs US financial editor Brooke Masters and tech correspondent Hannah Murphy join this weekâs Swamp Notes to explain whatâs behind this cultural shift.
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Is corporate America going Maga?
The cravenness of Mark Zuckerberg
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Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson and Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.
CREDIT: Joe Rogan Experience
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Donald Trumpâs Treasury pick Scott Bessent wants to increase sanctions on Russian oil producers, and the FTâs Stephen Gandel unpacks a bumper earnings season from Wall Streetâs banks. British companies are buying back their shares at a faster rate than even US groups, and the LA fires are worsening the challenges facing Hollywood.
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Donald Trumpâs Treasury pick stresses need for tougher sanctions on Russian oil
Donald Trumpâs policy pledges unleashing âanimal spiritsâ, Wall Street bankers say
UK companies outpace US businesses in share buybacks
Fires prompt soul-searching at Hollywoodâs dream factories
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Israel and Hamas have agreed a deal to halt the war in Gaza and free the remaining hostages. Wall Street banks notched up profits at the end of last year amid a trading boom, and the FTâs economics editor Sam Fleming explains where things stand with inflation around the world.
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Gaza ceasefire announced after 15 months of war
US earnings latest: Wall Street profits surge on trading boom
Wall Street stocks post biggest rally since Donald Trumpâs election victory
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Saudi Aramco is to expand its investments in lithium production, officials in Beijing are discussing using Elon Musk as a broker in a potential sale of TikTokâs US operations, and KPMG could soon begin offering legal services in the US. Plus, Syria has been flooded with imports in the aftermath of Bashar al-Assadâs ousting.
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Saudi Aramco to expand investments in lithium as it diversifies from oil
China discussing using Elon Musk as broker in TikTok deal
KPMG readies challenge to US law firms
Syria flooded with Pepsi and Pringles as rulers open economy
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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Goldman Sachs is building a new private credit unit, and Nawaf Salam is named as Lebanonâs new prime minister. Chinaâs trade surplus with the rest of the world reached a record of almost $1tn in 2024, and Amazon races to transplant Alexaâs âbrainâ with generative AI.
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Goldman Sachs to deepen exposure to booming private credit industry
Nawaf Salam is Lebanonâs new prime minister
Chinaâs trade surplus hits annual record of almost $1tn
Amazon races to transplant Alexaâs âbrainâ with generative AI
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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The US is on the cusp of a gas boom and the west hits Venezuelan officials with fresh sanctions. A ÂŁ1.5bn class action lawsuit against Apple goes to trial in the UK, and US private equity firms may soon have access to peopleâs retirement savings.
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Gas construction expected to boom this year in the US
Venezuelan officials hit with fresh sanctions as NicolĂĄs Maduro begins third term
Apple ÂŁ1.5bn class action case kicks off in UK courts
Mom and pop pension savers could benefit from private markets, at the right price
The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Lulu Smyth, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FTâs executive producer. The FTâs global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The showâs theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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