UK MP denied entry to Hong Kong

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hong Kong has barred a British member of parliament from entering the Chinese territory, adding uncertainty to UK-China ties just as the Labour government seeks to step up bilateral economic relations. Wera Hobhouse, a Liberal…

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America the Unstable

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world America under Donald Trump is an emerging market. That’s my takeaway from the last few days of tariff chaos and its fallout.  When I first raised this idea last October, I pointed out that…

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Trump’s China trade war a ‘boon’ for Brazil but sends US farmers reeling

The US and China’s dizzying tariff tit-for-tat has spurred Brazil’s agricultural sector and pummelled American farmers, as Beijing looks to Latin America’s largest economy for a swath of goods from soyabeans to beef. Brazil was a major winner in President Donald Trump’s first trade war with China, dramatically expanding its then-narrow lead over the US…

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