China has increased its ability to launch a sudden attack on Taiwan with faster-paced air and operations, new artillery systems and more alert amphibious and air assault units, according to Taiwanese and US officials and experts. One senior Taiwanese military […]
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has floated the idea of creating a joint US-Japan sovereign wealth fund to make
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Donald Trump has dramatically shrunk the White House’s National Security Council by firing some officials, placing others on
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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 UK is set to sign a controversial deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as soon as
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world China’s defence minister is not expected to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore next week, in what would
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The CIA has tapped a veteran clandestine case officer who currently serves as a station chief in the
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The Trump administration plans to put a number of Chinese chipmaking companies on an export blacklist, but some
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The first meeting to break the US-China trade deadlock was held almost three weeks ago in the basement of the IMF headquarters, arranged under cover of secrecy. US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent, who was attending the IMF spring meetings in
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The US and China have agreed to lower tariffs for the next 90 days in a major de-escalation
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said the US made “substantial progress” over two days of trade talks
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