This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Good morning. In today’s newsletter: China retaliates against Trump’s tariffs Microsoft poaches DeepMind staff behind AI podcast feature Bangladesh rewrites … Read more
US President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2025. ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP President Donald Trump will impose tariffs on Saturday, February 1, on the United States’ three largest trading partners – Canada, Mexico and China – the White House said, sparking concern for global … Read more
In an interview with EUROPP’s editor Stuart Brown, Anand Menon discusses whether the EU and UK are capable of rising to the challenges posed by Donald Trump’s second presidency. What should Europe expect from Trump’s second presidency? Simple answer, the unexpected. I think we’re in a situation where the impression I have is that Trump … Read more
Are US president-elect Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs an admission of American economic defeat, a tacit acknowledgement that US manufacturers can no longer compete with foreign rivals and must now find protection behind tariff walls to meet domestic demand? It seems so. Moreover, if Trump’s use of the tariffs as a weapon turns out to … Read more
The value of China’s electric vehicle exports plunged last month to their lowest level since July 2022, driven by tariff challenges in Europe, large declines in shipments to emerging markets and intensified price cuts. Exports were worth US$1.58 billion in November, according to the latest detailed customs data. In July 2022 they were worth US$1.4 … Read more
