episode-header-image

Mar 2021

9m 46s

EU-China diplomatic row imperils market ...

Financial Times

About this episode

The escalation of a diplomatic row between the EU and China could imperil a market-access deal meant to be the cornerstone of future relations between Brussels and Beijing, Facebook’s CEO prepares for a grilling by US lawmakers over misinformation, and the Wall Street asset management group BlackRock has pushed for more diversity but now faces criticism for lack of an inclusive workplace.

Sanctions row threatens EU-China investment deal

https://www.ft.com/content/6b236a71-512e-4561-a73c-b1d69b7f486b?

Facebook: the billion dollar bot problem

https://www.ft.com/content/5242c34f-f7fc-4005-9b49-49674cedeb71

BlackRock under pressure to live up to its promises on diversity

https://www.ft.com/content/6476e681-4154-43a6-93e4-f5c86ae30dd9

The battle for the pub at the end of the world

https://www.ft.com/content/01fd588f-ad0a-4fe2-a370-78d1169fcd28

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next

EU policy could ice out closest trading partners

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has replaced the chief executive at one of the country’s flagship real estate mega-projects, and global issuance of zero-interest convertible bonds is on track for a record year. Plus, the EU’s closest economic partners are worried about Bruss ... Show More

What Meta’s $18bn settlement means for social media

Nvidia reported strong sales, Meta has agreed to pay up to $18bn to settle its blockbuster social media addiction legal battle, and bond investors think that France is Europe’s new problem child. Plus, more than $80bn has been wiped off the value of bitcoin treasury companies sin ... Show More

The risks of investing $7tn in AI data centres

Traders and analysts are warning oil prices could soon hit $100 a barrel again, Germany is becoming a magnet for international defence groups, and Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 per cent on US imports. Plus, Wall Street is stretching itself to finance massiv ... Show More

Recommended Episodes

Are China and the EU headed for a trade war? With Bruno Maçães

As the European Union weighs new sanctions on Chinese companies, which could be announced later this week, Katie Stallard speaks to Bruno Maçães, a former Portuguese Europe minister andthe New Statesman's foreign affairs correspondent,about his recent interview with Fu Cong, Chin ... Show More

Trouble in Shangri-La: Sino-American tensions escalate

<p>At a meeting of defence ministers from the Asia-Pacific region, heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington were all too apparent. A naval spat in the Taiwan Strait looms large over relations. What will it take for both sides to talk? In Brazil, Lula faces an uphill bat ... Show More

Trouble in Shangri-La: Sino-American tensions escalate

<p>At a meeting of defence ministers from the Asia-Pacific region, heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington were all too apparent. A naval spat in the Taiwan Strait looms large over relations. What will it take for both sides to talk? In Brazil, Lula faces an uphill bat ... Show More

Wall Street CEOs Anger, Sunak Loses Minister & Egypt's Growing Leverage

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The heads of Wall Street's biggest banks took their most direct swing yet at Washington's plans to force them to set aside more cash as a buffer against losses. (2) Senate Republicans b ... Show More

US-China Trade Tensions Grow

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow break down the escalating trade tensions between China, the US... and now Europe too and what it means for the tech sector. Plus, concerns of an AI bubble grow louder among global fund managers and Instagram's Global Director of Policy on h ... Show More

A great deal to be desired: Europe-Britain trade

Europe’s parliament has overwhelmingly voted to extend a stopgap trade agreement. But the rancour behind the vote, and the deal’s thin measures, say much about <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/03/27/hopes-of-a-better-post-brexit-relationship-with-the-eu-are-fading? ... Show More

Xi 'Has His Hands Full', UK-China Spying & Far Right Strength In Europe

<p>On today's podcast:<br>(1) President Biden says China's economic challenges make a Taiwan invasion unlikely.</p> <p>(2) The UK's Prime Minister confronts the Chinese premier over a Parliamentary spying arrest.</p> <p>(3) Costs for UK tenants expected to soar by a quarter over ... Show More