UK races to avoid Trump tariffs
FT News Briefing21 Mar 2025

UK races to avoid Trump tariffs

European countries are considering how to take on greater responsibilities for the continent’s defence, the UK and the US are negotiating a trade deal to avoid tariffs, and has the Federal Reserve stopped leading the way on global monetary policy?


Mentioned in this podcast:

European military powers work on 5-10 year plan to replace US in Nato

UK races to avoid worst of Trump tariffs with talks on tech tax

What’s at stake in the US-UK trade talks?

Newsletter: Chris Giles on Central Banks


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


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