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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. India and the UK are locked in the final stages of negotiating a free trade deal with both sides wrangling over key demands in London this week, according to people briefed on the talks. The most intractable area of disagreement is over Delhi’s request to be exempted from the UK’s “carbon border tax”, starting in 2027, which would add costs to imports from Indian such as steel, two people with…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Vietnam’s top leader has hailed the country’s “victory of justice” and its rapid development, as the south-east Asian nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of the end of the war with the US. At a grand military parade in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, on Wednesday, To Lam, chief of Vietnam’s Communist party, praised the nation’s transformation from a war-torn country into one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, and described…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chinese investors are piling into gold funds at a record rate, as Donald Trump’s trade war and fears over a US recession and inflation drive a hunt for haven assets. Inflows into gold exchange traded funds in China total 70 tonnes — or about $7.4bn — so far this month, more than double the previous monthly record, according to the World Gold Council, an industry body. “Whilst we have seen…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Samsung Electronics has warned that US tariffs will hit demand for its products as the world’s largest maker of memory chips and smartphones presented a downbeat outlook for the year. The South Korean company said “growing policy risks” would increase uncertainty for its chip business, while tariffs would raise prices for smartphone components and put downward pressure on mobile device sales. “Ongoing uncertainty surrounding US tariff policies continues to pose…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Singapore’s election outcome this week is set to provide a rare moment of relative certainty for its citizens, as Donald Trump’s trade war changes the world on which the country has built its wealth since independence 60 years ago. Barring an almost unthinkable upset, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will extend the dominance of his People’s Action party with its 16th consecutive victory on Saturday, making it one of the most…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Singapore’s election outcome this week is set to provide a rare moment of relative certainty for its citizens, as Donald Trump’s trade war changes the world on which the country has built its wealth since independence 60 years ago. Barring an almost unthinkable upset, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will extend the dominance of his People’s Action party with its 16th consecutive victory on Saturday, making it one of the most…