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FINANCIAL TIMES
Monday, 14 April 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
US tech tariff exemption will be temporary, says Trump
 
US president says products given reprieve will fall under separate regime
 
 
Germany willing to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine, says Merz
 
Chancellor-in-waiting denounces latest Russian attack and says Kyiv needs help to ‘get ahead’ in the conflict
 
 
Trump’s trade war shatters hopes of 2025 luxury revival
 
US-China tariffs look set to condemn industry to another difficult year
 
 
UK suspends import tariffs to ease strain for British businesses
 
Levies cut on 89 products to support domestic companies against Trump’s trade war
 
 
The ‘Nixon shock’ might help us make sense of the Trump one
 
Events of 1971 ushered in the era of modern finance
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Xi Jinping warns ‘no winners’ from Trump trade war as he heads to Vietnam
 
Chinese leader seeks to strengthen ties with export-dependent economies facing high US levies
 
 
Nostalgia for manufacturing will make the US poorer
 
Donald Trump’s vision to onshore factory jobs reverses decades of progress
 
 
‘Stuff should be made here’: Ohio shrugs off Trump tariff turmoil
 
Company owners say the president’s measures will result in more manufacturing in the US
 
 
Donald Trump’s China trade war a ‘boon’ for Brazil but sends US farmers reeling
 
Latin America’s largest economy is poised to extend its lead as China’s top food supplier
 
 
The Chinese goods Americans most rely on, from microwaves to Barbies
 
Donald Trump’s tariffs will hit millions of video game consoles, electric fans and toys shipped to the US from China
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Beyond BP: John Browne on the oil company’s green U-turn and a ‘once in a generation vibe shift’
 
Former CEO reflects on the renewables backlash as he prepares to stand for election as Cambridge university chancellor
 
 
UK races to secure coal to keep British Steel furnaces operating
 
Officials work to ensure shipments arrive quickly after emergency government intervention
 
 
Wall Street stock futures rise after temporary US tech tariff exemption
 
Gains come after two weeks of wild swings in financial markets
 
 
How will the ECB respond to Trump’s trade war?
 
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
 
 
Why did the UK rush to save British Steel and what happens next?
 
The government now has the tricky task of running a costly and complex industrial operation
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Modern Workplace: Disability
 
Progress on disability employment is at risk under Trump policies; accessible transport is a route to more pay and out of worklessness; Rosie Jones on the curse of ableism and discrimination; how quotas push Chile ahead of Ireland and improve job prospects for more
 
 
How policies in Ireland and Chile hit disabled people’s job prospects
 
The European nation has one of the largest employment gaps among OECD members and compares poorly against the South American country
 
 
Navigating public transport and infrastructure to work
 
For disabled jobseekers, accessible trains and buses are a route out of worklessness into employment and higher pay
 
 
Progress on disability employment is at risk under Trump policies
 
The US administration seeks to dismantle DEI programmes that provide customised equipment and infrastructure at work
 
 
Rosie Jones: ‘I was a disabled person who didn’t know the meaning of ableism’
 
At 21 and fresh out of university, I was grateful to have a job. Even now, discrimination of people with disabilities remains
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
The problem with workers who can’t think for themselves