FT News Briefing

Taiwan defies China in election

Taiwan’s presidential election shows that voters are willing to defy China, the 2024 US presidential election kicks off today, and American banks say that American consumers are in good shape.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/47vGReZ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What Taiwanese voters’ defiance means for China</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/47AKz7j" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Banks say US consumers in good shape but poll shows Biden gets no credit</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3vIZpv1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iowa poll shows Trump far ahead of rivals in Republican race</a>Credit: CBS News The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ff102162-51a6-424e-8c26-e698a75edf5c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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