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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Delta Air Lines has pulled its guidance for record profits this year, blaming “a lack of economic clarity” about the fallout from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, as major US businesses weigh the damage from…
Analysis Trump and Xi Are in a Tariff Trap Neither wants to back down—and neither knows how. By Craig Singleton, a senior China fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. U.S. President Donald Trump reads the New York Post as he arrives at Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida, on April 5. U.S….
Analysis Why Don’t Russian Soldiers Revolt? Astonishing death rates and brutal abuse have not kept troops from following orders. By Amelie Tolvin, a visiting scholar at the University of Helsinki’s Aleksanteri Institute for Russian and Eastern European Studies. Russian soldiers practice marching Russian military cadets rehearse marching in a parade in central St. Petersburg, Russia,…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Treasuries sold off on Wednesday as President Donald Trump’s tariffs took effect, deepening investor concern about the “safe haven” status of US sovereign debt. The 10-year US Treasury yield jumped to 4.51 per cent before…
Laken Litman College Football & Soccer Analyst <!–> Amanda Gutierres scored in the 95th minute to lift Brazil to a 2-1 victory over the U.S. women’s national team late Tuesday night at PayPal Park in San Jose, Calif. It wasn’t how the Americans wanted to end this April window, splitting the doubleheader 1-1. But while…
Africa Brief Lagos-based Nosmot Gbadamosi reports from across Africa on what’s driving policy, economics, and culture in the world’s fastest-growing and youngest continent. Sign up for the latest news, expert analysis, and data insights. Delivered Wednesday. Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and to receive…
China is comfortably the world’s trading superpower. Its trade surplus — the difference between imports and exports — rose to almost $1tn last year. Beijing’s exporting machine is one of the main reasons President Donald Trump has launched the opening shots in his new global trade war. But it is not just the US that…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Automobiles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Carmakers are holding thousands of vehicles at US ports and temporarily halting shipments as they seek to minimise the fallout from President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war. Some manufacturers have begun delaying the entry of their…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The chief executive of a large European asset manager received an unusual if chunky task from his board recently: how to de-Americanify the company. The request is nothing if not a sign of the times…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Prices of leather goods, clothing, furniture and consumer electronics are expected to increase sharply for US households in the coming months because the country relies heavily on imports from nations targeted by Donald…
