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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s economy grew a robust 5.4 per cent in the first quarter of this year as producers frontloaded exports to beat higher tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, official data showed. The GDP figures…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Nvidia has said it expects to take a $5.5bn blow after the US clamped down on its ability to export artificial intelligence chips to China, sending the Silicon Valley behemoth’s shares sliding in…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump has threatened to apply tariffs on critical minerals in a move that could increase tensions with China and open a new front in a global trade war that has rattled markets….

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged in emails that he considered separating Instagram from Meta, a US federal court heard on Tuesday in a high-profile antitrust trial that could lead to the break-up of the technology giant. In…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at lowering drug prices for Americans in a move that would shake up the pharmaceutical industry in its biggest and most profitable market. The…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of the US’s largest energy exporters was able to borrow through US junk debt markets on Tuesday, the first deal since Donald Trump’s tariff war froze the $1.4tn high-yield bond market. A subsidiary of…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump doubled down on his administration’s stand-off with Harvard university with a threat to remove the university’s tax exempt status. His warning came less than a day after the White House said…

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Pharmaceuticals sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The chief executive of Johnson & Johnson has warned that potential US tariffs on the pharmaceutical industry could lead to shortages of medicines. The industry was excluded from wide-ranging tariffs announced this month, but the…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world “Off with their heads.” This is the sentence that the Queen of Hearts, the incarnation of monarchical caprice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, adores pronouncing. She might be entertaining. The reality, however, is…