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Feb 2025
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Will Trump’s tariffs make Europe great a...

Financial Times & Pushkin Industries
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European stock indices have outperformed the S&P 500 so far this year. The FT’s Aiden Reiter joins Katie Martin to discuss why investors are finally looking beyond US stocks and why Donald Trump’s policies could accidentally benefit global exporters. Also, we go short posthumous publishing and 24-hour stock trading. 


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