• March 14 2025
  Chinese business & finance

  CK Hutchison shares fall after Beijing urges group to ‘think twice’ on Panama deal

  Commentary says $22.8bn deal with US asset manager BlackRock ‘disregards national interests’

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• March 14 2025
  Michael Fullilove

  The Indo-Pacific grapples with a reckless China and feckless US

  Increasing uncertainty clouds the region’s future as it tries to decipher Trump’s line on Beijing

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• March 13 2025
  Government of Scotland

  Trump’s son talks golf not politics in meeting with Scotland’s first minister

  John Swinney discusses investment with Eric Trump as tariff war intensifies and activists target Turnberry

  
• March 13 2025
  US equities

  S&P 500 tumbles into ‘correction’ on fresh Trump tariff threats

  Gold surges to all-time high as investors seek safety amid doubts over Ukraine ceasefire

  
• March 13 2025
  Unhedged Podcast28 min listen

  Make America Gyrate Again

  As Trump flip-flops, the Unhedged team visits the IE Business School in Madrid

  
• March 13 2025
  Tesla Inc

  Tesla warns Trump administration it is ‘exposed’ to retaliatory tariffs

  Elon Musk’s electric-car maker says levies could make it costlier to produce vehicles in the US

  
• March 13 2025
  Trump tariffs

  Trump threatens 200% tariffs on EU alcohol imports

  US president demands bloc scraps proposed duty on US whiskey

  
• March 13 2025
  Isabelle Mateos y Lago

  Five ways Europe can boost growth — fast

  The EU has to act decisively if it is to adapt to a radically altered geopolitical landscape

  
• March 13 2025
  US-China relations

  Trump urged to appoint special envoy to China

  Senator Steve Daines offers to act as intermediary in effort to secure meeting with President Xi Jinping

  
• March 13 2025
  White House Watch

  The Trump team administering economic shock therapy

  Also in today’s newsletter, government spending hit a record high last month

  
• March 13 2025
  Corporate bonds

  US junk bonds slide as Trump’s tariffs spark slowdown fears

  Premium investors’ demand to hold riskier debt jumps to highest level in six months

  
• March 13 2025
  Rachman Review podcast28 min listen

  Europe's response to the threat from Trump

  Post-war security and trade framework crumbles under new US leadership

  
• March 12 2025
  US inflation

  US inflation fell more than expected to 2.8% in February

  Figure bolsters case for cental bank to cut interest rates amid signs of slowing economic growth

  
• March 12 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  Chinese authorities summon Walmart executives over Trump’s tariffs

  Move comes after reports that retailer asked its suppliers to cut prices in response to US levies

  
• March 12 2025
  Trump tariffs

  Blackstone and Goldman chiefs see upsides to Trump’s policies

  Comments from Wall Street bosses come as president’s import tariffs fuel US recession fears

  
• March 12 2025
  ExplainerTrump tariffs

  Trump tracker: the latest data on US trade, tariffs and economy

  As the president threatens a trade war, follow the latest on tariffs and executive orders

  
• March 12 2025
  Trump tariffs

  EU and Canada retaliate after Trump’s metals tariffs take effect

  Brussels and Ottawa hit tens of billions of dollars' worth of US imports with levies

  
• March 12 2025
  Bank of Canada

  Canada cuts rates as trade war shakes consumer and business confidence

  Reduction to 2.75% comes hours after US tariffs on aluminium and steel take effect

  
• March 12 2025
  Mar-a-Lago Accord, Schmar-a-Lago Accord

  Anatomy of a bad idea

  
• March 12 2025
  UK trade

  Starmer says he is ‘disappointed’ by US tariffs on UK steel

  PM vows to ‘keep all options on table’ after EU hits back against Washington with retaliatory measures

  
• March 12 2025
  ExplainerTrump tariffs

  Trump tracker: the latest data on US trade, tariffs and economy

  As the president threatens a trade war, follow the latest data on how the country’s economy is performing

  
• March 12 2025
  UnhedgedAiden Reiter

  Uncertainty, a slowdown, or more Premium content

  More on the sell-off

  
• March 12 2025
  Trump tariffs

  The unlikely winners from Trump’s steel tariffs

  Measures designed to protect the struggling US industry could also help a cohort of global producers

  
• March 12 2025
  The Future of Aid

  The railway that China hopes will take on the US in Africa

  Tazara project showcases Beijing’s leaner approach to overseas development just as western aid appears to retreat

  
• March 12 2025
  News in-depthUS politics & policy

  The team behind Trump’s economic shock therapy

  The US president’s officials are standing by their strategy to remake the world’s largest economy

  

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