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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Mining myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A remote gold and copper mine beneath a volcano in south-west Pakistan could provide key leverage for trade talks with the US, according to its operator, as Islamabad tries to reduce “reciprocal” tariffs originally set at … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Finnish utility Fortum is exploring buying part of its former subsidiary Uniper, three years after suffering multibillion-euro losses as the German gas importer was pushed to the brink of collapse. Fortum, majority owned by the … Read more
The US and China’s dizzying tariff tit-for-tat has spurred Brazil’s agricultural sector and pummelled American farmers, as Beijing looks to Latin America’s largest economy for a swath of goods from soyabeans to beef. Brazil was a major winner in President Donald Trump’s first trade war with China, dramatically expanding its then-narrow lead over the US … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Gold has enjoyed its best week in five years, surging to record highs as investors rushed to the safety of one of the few havens left in global markets in the wake of Donald Trump’s … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s administration is drafting an executive order to enable the stockpiling of metal found on the Pacific Ocean seabed, in an effort to counter China’s dominance of battery minerals and rare earth … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US dollar’s status as a haven for global capital could come under threat from erratic policymaking and rising trade barriers, fund managers have warned. On Friday the currency slumped to a three-year low against … Read more
As share prices tumbled at the beginning of this week, Denis Oakley, a 50-year-old entrepreneur from Loughborough, sold everything in his self-invested personal pension, apart from gilts. “I can’t see any upside at the moment and lots of potential downside,” he told FT Money on Wednesday. “It’s better to move to cash and sit out … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A recent plunge in oil prices, prompted by Donald Trump’s trade war, has started to deplete Vladimir Putin’s war chest. Moscow’s budget — about a third of which comes from oil and gas — may … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Argentina has agreed to relax its strict currency controls as part of a $20bn loan from the IMF, as pressures mount on libertarian President Javier Milei’s plan to revive the troubled economy. The country’s central … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Wall Street stocks ended another tumultuous week with a brisk late rally as a top Federal Reserve official said the US central bank was prepared to intervene if strains in markets grew, and traders remained … Read more