Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Foreign manufacturers in China are paying duties of 125 per cent to import components and then 145 per cent to export to the US as Donald Trump’s trade war hammers their operations. International companies and…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Vanguard, the world’s second-largest asset manager, has ruled out re-entering China’s fund industry even as the group seeks to accelerate its global expansion beyond its biggest market in the US. Chris McIsaac, head of Vanguard’s…

The havoc unleashed by Donald Trump’s trade war has divided Europe’s far-right parties that have courted his Maga movement. Alice Weidel, one of the leaders of Alternative for Germany (AfD), described the US president’s moves as “far too aggressive and self-defeating”. The former Goldman Sachs analyst said that the so-called reciprocal tariffs — which Trump…

Collapsing sewage drains in Brussels’ landmark Palais de Justice, judicial clerks striking in Lisbon, years-long waits for hearings in London. After years of underfunding in justice systems across Europe, the continent is grappling with a crisis in its courts. Over the past decade, as Europe has faced stuttering economies, a wrenching pandemic and the impact…

Russian businessman Albert Avdolyan has been hit with EU sanctions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine, but can partially circumvent the bloc’s travel ban thanks to a Maltese passport he bought under a “golden” visa scheme that faces a European court ruling on its future this week. Avdolyan, who received his passport in 2015, is one…

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Renewable energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer, a former US Treasury secretary, chairs the Paulson Institute One of the most urgent and under-appreciated energy challenges facing the US is the artificial intelligence race with China. America is in the lead,…

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Advertising groups and tech start-ups have been racing to find ways to help brands boost their likelihood of surfacing in results from artificial intelligence chatbots, marking a new era of “search engine optimisation”. Companies such…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Isabel Berwick is the FT’s Working It editor and author of ‘The Future-Proof Career’ What baffles me most about workplaces in 2025 (in a competitive field) is the enduring prevalence of shouty, negative and underling-blaming leadership…

The Swiss franc has soared to a decade high against the dollar as investors rush for shelter from the global trade turmoil, sparking bets that the country’s central bank will have to lower interest rates to zero or below to curb the currency’s rise. The currency, historically a financial market haven because of the Alpine…