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Shein gains approval from UK regulators for London float

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Shein has secured preliminary approval from the UK’s financial watchdog to float in London, taking the ecommerce company a step closer to a stock market listing. The Financial Conduct Authority has approved Shein’s initial public … Read more

The Trump tariff crisis is not over yet

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This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good morning. This week has felt about three weeks long. Is it too much to ask that not much happens … Read more

The US would be better off without the global dollar

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace There has been justified concern this month that the chaos unleashed on financial markets around the world by the Trump administration’s “liberation … Read more

Asia’s emerging nations squeezed by Trump tariffs and China’s retaliation

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Asia’s developing economies are being squeezed by Donald Trump’s tariff blitz and China’s retaliation after years of benefiting as low-cost hubs for US exports. Stock markets of emerging nations, mainly part of the Asean group of countries in south-east Asia, have been among the year’s biggest losers from the turmoil created by the US president’s … Read more

Australian miners benefit from new Chinese restrictions on rare earth exports

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When China increased restrictions on exports of rare earths last Friday, escalating a trade war with the US, several small Australian miners bucked the global market sell-off to register big gains. Shares in Lynas Rare Earths, Northern Minerals and Arafura Rare Earths rose on investor bets that they could be long-term suppliers of the materials … Read more