FT News Briefing

The uphill battle to beat Trump

Wage growth is slowing in the world’s largest economies, a federal judge stopped JetBlue’s planned deal to buy Spirit Airlines, and the EU’s tax on ‘dirty’ imports could fragment global trade. Plus, the FT’s Lauren Fedor explains the uphill battle for the Republican presidential nomination that Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are facing.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/41Zqczw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wage growth slows in world’s major economies</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3Sk8O56" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How global trade could fragment after the EU’s tax on ‘dirty’ imports</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3O7QLg5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JetBlue’s $3.8bn bid for rival airline Spirit blocked by US judge</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/48T7mMt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis running out of time to stop Donald Trump</a> 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/bbfe035c-902f-4198-a0ba-20bff203e4e4" 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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