FT News Briefing
By Financial Times
A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning.
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Southern European bond markets make a comeback
Italy, Spain and Greece have emerged as the unlikely winners from this year’s bond market ructions -
Europe’s game plan for handling Trump at G7
European officials will see the US president at the G7 summit, Nato meeting and trade talks -
Winners and losers of UK spending review
The FT’s George Parker explains the winners and losers in UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spending review, the UK imposed the first western sanctions against Israeli government ministers,and Citigroup is poised to increase provisions for potential ba… -
Trump cracks down on Los Angeles protests
The head of the operator of the Panama Canal has warned that a $23bn global ports deal could put the waterway’s neutrality mandate at risk, Donald Trump is testing the limits of presidential power by sending troops to Los Angeles, and Warner Bros … -
Who gets to be Italian?
A referendum could make it easier for foreign residents of Italy to secure citizenship -
Swamp Notes: Trump’s big play to save steel production
The US president’s recent steel tariffs appeal to voters. But do they create jobs? -
Trump and Xi break the ice
US President Donald Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping agreed to launch a new round of high-level trade talks, the European Central Bank cut interest rates by a quarter point and Europe is being flooded with steel diverted from the US because of … -
Bulgaria moves into the Eurozone
Balkan nation’s adoption of the euro was repeatedly pushed back due to political turmoil and rising inflation -
Mexico’s new supreme court
Mexico’s new top judges are solely nominated by the ruling coalition -
Trump’s push to privatise Fannie and Freddie
Critics warn privatising the mortgage giants would endanger the housing market