FirstFT: Nissan searches for new partner as Honda merger talks collapse
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Transcript: Will Trump’s tariffs make Europe great again?
Katie Martin Yeah, it’s so true. OK, so because you bring up tariffs, let’s start with tariffs. Trump has spoken about wanting to impose tariffs on the EU and on Europe. And look, he might impose ...
Will Trump’s tariffs make Europe great again?
European stock indices have outperformed the S&P 500 so far this year. The FT’s Aiden Reiter joins Katie Martin to discuss why investors are finally looking beyond US stocks and why Donald Trump’s ...
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Making sense of Trump's tariffs. With Dani Rodrik
To find out, the FT’s European economics commentator Martin Sandbu speaks to Dani Rodrik, professor of international political economy at Harvard. Rodrik is one of the world’s most acclaimed experts ...
BoE’s grim outlook highlights scale of the challenge for Rachel Reeves
The weak outlook underlines the challenge facing chancellor Rachel Reeves after she pledged that growth was the government’s number one mission. It raised fresh questions about the fiscal outlook, ...
Britain should be bolder with its EU reset
Labour hemmed itself in by adopting the Conservatives’ “red lines” in its election manifesto last year: no return to the EU single market, customs union or freedom of movement. The urge not to scare ...
Quantum computing is overshadowed by rapid advances in AI
Potentially transformative, the idea has yet to show practical value, as the boundaries between the two fields shift ...
US slaps sanctions on Iranian tanker network
Sepehr was designated in 2023 but the new sanctions go further by targeting the network underpinning Iran’s oil sales, ...
Ideas on how to tackle the staggering rise in the UK benefits bill
The rising cost of support for people with long-term health conditions — set to rise to a staggering £100bn by 2029-30 in cash terms on current projections — has become a huge source of pressure on ...
The Seed of the Sacred Fig film review — indictment of Iran’s regime dressed as crackling domestic thriller
Iman will soon seek to assert control of his private patriarchy. The story has the air of fable, but plays bold games with convention. A gun appears early, before a dark, droll twist on the usual ...
Bring Them Down film review — Barry Keoghan grips in roiling rural drama
Irish rural drama Bring Them Down pursues an inexorable logic of retribution and calamity, like a primal Western with a streak of Jacobean tragedy. Offsetting this is a narrative sophistication that ...