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China pulls back from US private equity investments

Industry executives report change of approach as Beijing bears brunt of Trumpโ€™s tariffs

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Beijing warns countries not to act against China in trade deals with US

Commerce ministry acts amid concerns that Washington will push trade partners to isolate Chinese goods and businesses

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US and Philippine forces to conduct โ€˜full battle testโ€™ in South China Sea

Annual Balikatan exercises underline deepening security partnership between Washington and Manila

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

CNBC Daily Open: Trumpโ€™s desire to intervene in Fed could cause chaos

An administration that aims to please the populace might cut rates despite high inflation, leading to further economic difficulties.

Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

FirstFT: Global confidence sinks as trade wars loom over IMF meetings

Also in todayโ€™s newsletter, an interview with South Koreaโ€™s acting president, and Trumpโ€™s trade war hits New Yorkโ€™s Chinatown

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Ukraine accuses Russia of fresh attacks despite Putin ceasefire

Zelenskyy says proposal for an extended 30-day truce remains on the table but Kyiv will โ€˜act symmetricallyโ€™

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Global confidence slumps as trade turmoil looms over IMF meetings

Tariff shock and market slide are among rising threats to growth, Brookings-FT Tiger index shows

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

UAE set to use AI to write laws in world first

Gulf state expects move will speed up lawmaking by 70% but experts warn of โ€˜reliabilityโ€™ issues with artificial intelligence

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump tariffs could lead to a summer drop-off in economic activity after an 'artificially high' start, Chicago Fed chief says

Chicago Fed president Austan Goolsbee forecasts a potential short-term economic bump from President Trump's tariffs, followed by a summer drop-off.

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump draft executive order would make sweeping changes to the U.S. State Department

The changes, outlined in a 16-page draft order, would dramatically upend the department and overhaul longstanding hiring practices and department priorities.

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Republican senator backs Powell over Trump attacks on Fed

Banking committee member John Kennedy says US central bank โ€˜ought to be independentโ€™

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Gloomy mood ahead of IMF and World Bank spring meetings

Updates to global growth forecasts, European manufacturing in spotlight and Tesla and Alphabet report results

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Reeves to press case for global free trade in US talks

Chancellor also hopes to get better tariff deal for UK in meeting with Treasury secretary Scott Bessent

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US explores drastic cuts to state department operations

Trump administration floats closure of African embassies in draft executive order but Marco Rubio calls proposal a โ€˜hoaxโ€™

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump wants a certain kind of immigrant: the uber-rich

He is right that Americaโ€™s current โ€œgolden visaโ€ is under-priced

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Trump tariffs push Asian trade partners to weigh investing in massive Alaska energy project

A pipeline, gas processing plant on the North Slope and plant to liquify the gas for export at Nikiski come at an estimated, combined cost of $42 billion.

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Tariffs without industrial policy wonโ€™t work

Itโ€™s a lesson that the White House should learn if it wants to build up manufacturing in America

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Imagine what would happen if America left the IMF

Withdrawal would undermine US international prestige and the privileged role of its financial institutions

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

DHL suspends some parcel deliveries to US amid trade war

German group is first major commercial logistics company to take action after new tariffs come into force

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Top Wall Street analysts like these dividend-paying energy stocks

TipRanks' analyst ranking service discusses threedividend-paying stocks, including Energy Transfer and Diamondback Energy.

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Mike Lynchโ€™s Bayesian superyacht to be salvaged for investigation

UK tech tycoon and six others killed when vessel sank at anchor in storm off Sicily

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

How much are tariffs weighing on US companies?

Market Questions is the FTโ€™s guide to the week ahead

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The weakening Arctic consensus is worrying

In spite of rising diplomatic tensions, the most immediate geopolitical risk is not military conflict

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Premium chocolatiers thrive as consumers develop taste for luxury

High-end brands shrug off volatile cocoa prices to enjoy a boom in demand as buyers โ€˜trade upโ€™

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Poilievre, Canadaโ€™s rightwing leader, has a Trump problem

The opposition is engaged in infighting just a week before elections

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Allies start to question the US nuclear umbrella

Lack of coherence in Trumpโ€™s policies raises risks of proliferation

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Rustbelt gamble: GE Vernova rides AI power boom into uncertain future

Shares in the turbine maker soared last year but now it must contend with DeepSeek and Donald Trump

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Muskโ€™s cost-cutting team sets its sights on USโ€™s National Gallery

Move by Doge comes as Trump administration is seeking changes to Americaโ€™s cultural institutions

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Saudi Arabia โ€˜gigaprojectโ€™ stonewalls settlement offer from ex-CEO in $120mn lawsuit

British-born executive was fired in April 2024 sparking claim seen as test case for kingdomโ€™s reforms

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Javier Mileiโ€™s next gamble: letting the peso off the leash

Surprise easing of currency controls relieves economic risk but sharpens electoral pressures

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trumpโ€™s tariff war comes to New Yorkโ€™s Chinatown

Chinese American small businesses are stockpiling goods to delay higher costs

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Itโ€™s the hope that saves you

Far from being foolish or self-indulgent, it should be considered a virtue

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The little-known law firm behind the biggest case in UK history

Pogust Goodhead is behind a 36bn claim against BHP over a Brazilian mining disaster

Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Ukraine says Russian attacks continue after Putin declares ceasefire

Sirens sound in Kyiv as air defences open fire on incoming missiles minutes after announcement

Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Mass trial hands down lengthy sentences to Tunisian opposition figures

Critics of authoritarian president who has dismantled Arab Spring reforms face up to 66 years in jail

Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World