Swamp Notes: The costs of Trump’s tariffs
This week the US imposed new tariffs on most of the world. The FT’s US national editor Ed Luce joins us to analyze why they are baffling economists and worrying markets. Ed’s take? The US is taking it...
5 Apr 202513min
Trump’s tariffs rattle global markets
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs caused a global market sell-off on Thursday. Now, there are concerns that these levies will push the US into a recession. We speak to the FT’s senior markets corres...
4 Apr 202510min
Tesla soars on Musk’s potential departure
Donald Trump launched a barrage of new tariffs on trading partners, and Tesla’s share price jumped on a report that chief executive Elon Musk could be leaving his US government role. Plus, the FT’s Be...
3 Apr 202510min
What Wall Street expects from Trump’s ‘liberation day’
US venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz is in talks to invest in social media platform TikTok, US President Donald Trump is expected to lay out his sweeping tariffs policy today, and European inf...
2 Apr 202510min
Elon Musk transforms Wisconsin court race
Google’s artificial intelligence arm DeepMind has been holding back the release of its world-renowned research, and Elon Musk has poured an unprecedented amount of money into a Wisconsin state supreme...
1 Apr 202511min
CoreWeave tests investor appetite for AI
Investors warn that higher bond yields in Germany could make it harder for EU members to increase defence spending, and the tech world’s largest public offering in 18 months fell flat on Friday. China...
31 Mar 202511min
Swamp Notes: How Medicaid cuts could shake up Maga
As Congress works through President Donald Trump’s recent budget, one of the likeliest cuts on the chopping block is Medicaid. The government health insurance programme is used by one in five American...
29 Mar 202514min
China gives IPOs the green light
US President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs hit carmaker shares and Chinese financial authorities have told some companies they can start launching mainland initial public offerings. Plus, protesters in ...
28 Mar 202510min
