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Feb 2025
11m 39s

The Trump trade war begins

Financial Times
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Donald Trump hit Canada, Mexico and China with steep tariffs on Saturday, and oil and gas groups are relying more heavily on carbon offsets to reach climate targets. Plus, EU governments are exploring ways to include the UK and Norway in a “coalition of the willing” dedicated to ramping up the continent’s defence.


Mentioned in this podcast:

‘A trade war on steroids’: Trump ushers in new age of US protectionism

Trump tariffs spark panic and anger in Canada and Mexico

EU opens door to UK and Norway for defence ‘coalition of willing’

Shell dominates carbon credit market as clean energy spending scaled back


The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Ethan Plotkin, Katie McMurran, 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. 


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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