On stage in Davos this week, Donald Trump did not hold back as he claimed credit for America’s gravity-defying economic performance. “Growth is exploding, productivity is surging, investment is soaring, incomes are rising, inflation has been defeated,” he told the gathering of the world’s political and financial elite. “We are the hottest country anywhere in … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The US president on Saturday threatened to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Canada if it secured a deal with China as North American trade tensions burst back into the open. Donald Trump … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China is investigating the two remaining leaders of its armed forces who had survived previous purges, in a move that leaves Xi Jinping in sole operational control of the People’s Liberation Army. The Chinese Communist … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US blue-chip companies’ borrowing costs relative to Treasuries have fallen to the lowest level this century, as investors snap up corporate bonds despite a choppy week for other assets triggered by the Trump administration’s tariff threats. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Google DeepMind chief Sir Demis Hassabis has warned that exuberance in parts of the AI industry looks increasingly “bubble-like”, while arguing that its scale and technology leave the Big Tech group well placed for any … Read more
Behind the crisis caused by Donald Trump’s threats is a much bigger change: the waning of US hegemony and the coming of a multi-polar age
Reflections on a decade that was less traumatic than it promised to be
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is an FT contributing editor You could touch the relief in Whitehall. Donald Trump’s retreat from his threatened annexation of Greenland spared Britain the economic recession that would have been likely to follow … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The US will boost its military capabilities in the Indo-Pacific as part of a new defence strategy designed to ensure China cannot block American access to a region that is becoming the global … Read more
Washington’s allies are looking for a new strategy after a week that has demonstrated what some see as the risks of subordination and coercion