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Jan 2025
10m 46s

Can US oil afford to ‘drill, baby, drill...

Financial Times
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Pressure is piling on the European Union to cut back its sustainability agenda, Wall Street may thwart President Donald Trump’s call for a new oil boom, and the US president unleashes retaliatory tariffs against Colombia. Plus, Microsoft’s stake in OpenAI is complicating the start-up’s path to become a for-profit company.


Mentioned in this podcast:

Trump agenda piles pressure on EU to cut red tape 

Wall Street will stymie Donald Trump’s US oil surge plan, say shale bosses 

Trump imposes tariffs and sanctions on Colombia in spat over migrants

OpenAI struggles to price Microsoft stake in deal to become for-profit company 

ft.com/briefingsale 


The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


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