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US vice-president JD Vance has waded into Germany’s election campaign by urging the country’s politicians to engage with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. The US vice-president, who will address the Munich Security Conference on Friday, said he would encourage European leaders to embrace anti-establishment parties, and more specifically the pro-Russian, anti-immigration AfD, according

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping plan to impose “reciprocal” tariffs on America’s trading partners on Thursday, heralding greater disruption for the global economy. In a broadside directed at both US allies and adversaries, Trump

Emmanuel Macron has described Donald Trump’s return as an “electroshock” that should force Europe to secure its own future as well as Ukraine’s. In an interview at the Élysée Palace shortly after Trump agreed with Vladimir Putin of Russia to hold imminent peace talks, the French president championed the need for Europe to “muscle up”

Video descriptionTranscript Donald Trump gives a press conference on reciprocal tariffs for US trading partners It it’s a beautiful simple system, and we don’t have to worry about you we’re charging too much or too little, um, but traditionally India is right at the top of the pack pretty much there are a couple of

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US President Donald Trump’s barrage of economic policies is a “real, genuine fundamental wake-up call” that is forcing Europe to address its competitiveness problem, according to the chief executive of the region’s biggest stock exchange

Vladimir Putin’s initial plan to capture Ukraine in a few days ended in disaster. But after Donald Trump set up direct peace talks with Moscow, bypassing Kyiv and European allies, the Russian president is now closer than ever to getting what he wanted from his three-year-long invasion. Putin’s main ambition, said people who have spoken

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There is a new Bond villain in British politics. The attorney-general, Lord Hermer, finds himself under attack for being a stickler for the law. Colleagues and opponents talk unflatteringly of “Hermerism”. Outsiders might find the

Holding bitcoin is cool again. President Donald Trump has vowed to make America the “crypto capital of the planet”, words that have helped supercharge the token’s price to eye-watering six-figure highs. Wall Street banks and money managers are preparing to jump in. Investors hope Trump will turn the often-derided token into a mainstream financial asset

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Trump trade” bets on a stronger dollar and higher bond yields have backfired this year as investors take a more bearish view on the economic fallout from the new US administration’s global trade war. The

Reminders of Germany’s Nazi past are everywhere in the city of Pforzheim. Small brass “stumble stones” dotted through the streets mark the homes of Jewish people who were deported and murdered. “Father forgive” implores a banner on the side of a church that commemorates Luftwaffe air raids on the English city of Coventry and British

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Traders in the US are paying much higher prices for copper, aluminium and steel than their European counterparts as they rush to buy the metals ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Trump on

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is chair of Rockefeller International. His latest book is ‘What Went Wrong With Capitalism’  The mystery of the moment is why rampant speculation persists in the all-American bull market despite the

US foundations and university endowments are ramping up their exposure to cryptocurrencies to join the digital assets rush prompted by President Donald Trump’s promise to make the nation the world’s “bitcoin superpower”. Crypto has far outperformed other asset classes over the past five years despite its high volatility, with many who have stood on the

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world China and the US risk renewing a full-blown trade war unless the two largest economies can defuse the dispute before Chinese tariffs on $14bn of American exports take effect on Monday, analysts warned.

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world A federal judge in New York has temporarily blocked Elon Musk and his team from accessing the US Treasury department’s payments data, warning that it risked leading to the disclosure of sensitive information.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US President Donald Trump has temporarily paused measures to close a tariff exemption on low-cost shipments from China while officials figure out how to tax the millions of packages that arrive in the US every

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump announced Nippon Steel had abandoned its plan to buy US Steel but would “invest heavily” in the iconic Pittsburgh producer. At a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba

Donald Trump’s new cryptocurrency has sparked a flood of imitators, with more than 700 copycat and spam coins sent to his digital wallet by people apparently seeking to suggest their creations have his endorsement, leading to warnings that investors risk being duped. The findings are the result of a Financial Times analysis after the president

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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. The Bank of England’s grim snapshot of the UK economy on Thursday raised fresh concerns about the government’s efforts to lift growth, as the central bank forecast weaker activity, higher inflation, rising unemployment and a