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Feb 2025
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Trump excludes Europe from Ukraine peace...

Financial Times
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European officials are worried about being cut out of a US-Russia peace deal on Ukraine, and US inflation ticked up in January. Plus, China’s leading producer of memory chips is rapidly gaining global market share at the expense of South Korean competitors. 


Mentioned in this podcast:

Europe blindsided by Trump on Ukraine peace talks with Russia

US inflation unexpectedly increases to 3% in January

Chinese chip champion’s ‘snowballing’ growth threatens Korean dominance


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, 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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