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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Oil prices dropped further on Monday as US President Donald Trump signalled he would push ahead with sweeping global tariffs despite plunging stock markets and rising fears of recession. Brent crude fell 1.95 per cent to…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has warned of the “dramatic” impact of US tariffs on global markets and on Germany, in his first comments since US President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping levies against the EU. “The…
This article is an on-site version of our Trade Secrets newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Monday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters It would be hard to top last week’s hilariously misnamed “liberation day” for extraordinary drama, but it seems a…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The White House promised in its schedule for Donald Trump’s jabberwocky trade taxes last week that markets would have their opportunity to “respond as the impact of renewed American strength takes hold”. That response?…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Companies are hunting for creative ways to cut the customs value of their imports to the US in an effort to blunt the financial impact of President Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs. Advisers say…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon has warned that a global trade war risks tipping the US economy into a recession and driving prices higher, while undermining the country’s long-term alliances. In his widely read annual…
Argument Efficiency Isn’t Everything Successful delivery of state services requires judgment, not chainsaws. April 7, 2025, 6:00 AM Comment icon View Comments () By Yamini Aiyar, a senior visiting fellow at Brown University’s Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia and Watson Institute, and Dan Honig, an associate professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public…
Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. Another Anti-Corruption Pillar Crumbles Not enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act makes life harder for U.S. businesses—and easier for drug traffickers. By Jodi Vittori, a professor of the practice and co-chair of global politics and security at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. A man enters…
Analysis Big Money in American Politics Started Here How a 1976 Supreme Court decision paved the way for Elon Musk’s campaign in Wisconsin. A pencil drawing of a man smiling and wearing glassesJulian E. Zelizer By Julian E. Zelizer, a columnist at Foreign Policy and a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University….
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. You might have missed it, but April is “Financial Literacy Month” in the US. On April 1 (yes, really!) the White House released the following statement from Donald Trump: During this National Financial Literacy Month,…
