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  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Mexico
    Mexico’s president calls for parts of US to be renamed ‘Mexican America’

    Donald Trump’s vow to rename Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America’ is latest dig to neighbouring countries

    Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    European Union
    EU leaders warn Trump not to meddle with Europe’s borders

    Comments from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French foreign minister follow US president-elect’s Greenland threats

    French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Hungary
    US imposes sanctions on Orbán’s chief of staff for alleged corruption

    Antal Rogán is Hungary’s highest-ranking official added to Treasury list since fall of communism

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  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Nippon Steel
    Nippon Steel bets on Trump to salvage $15bn US deal

    Japanese company and target US Steel have also sued the Biden administration and rival Cleveland-Cliffs

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  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
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    Trump’s icebreaker leaves Greenland and Denmark adrift

    US president-elect’s gambit in the Arctic has unnerved Nuuk and left Copenhagen struggling to respond

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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
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    Pfizer executives descend on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago for planning meeting

    Drugmaker becomes latest titan of corporate America to curry favour with president-elect

    Albert Bourla
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    Donald Trump
    Trump refuses to rule out force to take Greenland and Panama Canal

    US president-elect also vows to rename Gulf of Mexico as ‘Gulf of America’ and to impose tariffs on allies

    US President-elect Donald Trump makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    Greenland
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    US president-elect’s renewed interest in Arctic island poses challenge for Denmark’s government

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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    US foreign policy
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    Biden administration places sanctions on leader of Rapid Support Forces

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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
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    Facebook owner to copy community notes pioneered by Elon Musk’s X

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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
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    Also in today’s newsletter, Trump bestie Dana White joins Meta’s board and private equity welcomes the new administration

    Members of Congress participate in a joint session of Congress on Monday to ratify the 2024 presidential election
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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
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    Nippon Steel chief warns Trump that tariffs alone will not strengthen US industry

    Eiji Hashimoto says legal action against blocking of takeover aimed at winning another review under new administration

    Eiji Hashimoto
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    Federal Reserve
    Barr to step down as Fed’s top Wall Street regulator

    US central bank’s vice-chair for supervision will leave his role in February but stay on as a governor

    Michael Barr
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    US Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 electoral win

    Certification comes four years after Republican’s supporters staged violent attack on Capitol

    The dome of the US Capitol Building is visible as Capitol police officers stand guard in a winter storm in the nation’s capital on January 6 2025
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    United States Steel Corp
    Nippon Steel and US Steel sue after Biden blocks $15bn deal

    Donald Trump calls for American steel group to remain independent company

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  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Maduro’s illegitimate third term in Venezuela

    Washington, Brussels and London should tighten the screws on the Caracas regime

    President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a news conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    Shale Oil & Gas
    Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of US coastline

    Action will protect 625mn acres of ocean as outgoing president seeks to bolster environmental legacy

    Oil platforms
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
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    Laura Loomer makes an important point about supporting American workers in the face of global competition

    Maga influencer Laura Loomer
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    Gideon Rachman
    Putin plus Trump spells trouble for European security

    German rearmament is crucial to shoring up Europe’s defences

    James Ferguson illustration of a map of Europe with toy soldiers on top and a giant Russian bear coming towards them
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    Sergey Vakulenko
    Trump’s ambitious oil plans will not derail Russia

    It would still be very disruptive to try to embargo Russian oil from the world markets altogether

    Ben Hickey illustration of two giant crude oil extraction pumps turned towards each other, one hitting the other on top.
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    Private equity
    Private equity to lobby Trump for access to savers’ retirement funds

    Industry hopes incoming administration will open long-restricted private investments to individual investors

    Marc Rowan, chief executive of Apollo, speaks at an event
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    Rana Foroohar
    Maga vs the billionaires

    Trump’s fragile coalition is already splintering over immigration

    Illsutration of a city skyline in front of which two faces in profile stare at each other. One is wearing a blue cap and the other a red Maga one. On each cap is a miniature person, one wearing red, the other blue, arguing with each other
  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
    Italian politics
    Meloni visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago

    Unannounced trip comes at politically sensitive time for Italy’s prime minister

    Donald Trump with Giorgia Meloni
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