The rocky path to global carbon pricing

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Coffee prices climb after Donald Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Brazil

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Coffee futures jumped on Thursday after US President Donald Trump threatened 50 per cent tariffs on Brazil, the world’s biggest producer, jolting the industry and risking a price surge for US consumers.  In a letter … Read more

FTAV Q&A: Steve Berkley

Certain people ~cough~ at FTAV Towers are above-average interested in indexing, and how indices have evolved from snapshots of markets into a phenomenon that enjoys enormous influence over them. Stock market indices get most of the attention. That’s understandable, given how most of the multitrillion dollar passive investing industry is in equity index funds. But … Read more

Why copper tariffs are different

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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 … Read more

Trump is sowing confusion in the markets

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world There are many reasons to feel confused by current American policy. US President Donald Trump keeps issuing “final” tariff threats — then backing down. The White House wants to create industrial jobs — … Read more

US needs to prepare markets for the risk of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The author is chief executive of GTS, a market making and proprietary trading firm The past few years have shown investors that they should expect the unexpected in geopolitics. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and … Read more