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A worthy goal of creating rare earths independence from China needs a more reliable anchor

Thinking through the implications of a Warsh-led US central bank

Also in today’s newsletter: Microsoft plots AI ‘self-sufficiency’, and China’s Arctic ambitions

UK’s large services sector recorded zero growth in the final three months of 2025

Poll for Munich Security Conference shows sharp rise in Canadians and others perceiving peril from Washington

Those calling for the Fed to cut rates should look again at the relationship between prices and productivity growth

Draft law sets out who should repay savers whose deposits were frozen during country’s devastating financial collapse

President expected to veto measure in which six Republicans joined Democrats to rebuke trade war on ally

UK chancellor says Britain prepared to align with Brussels’ rules to try to boost trade with the bloc

Congressional Budget Office warns Washington’s public finances are ‘not sustainable’

They should be a scalpel, not a sledgehammer

Improving competitiveness and strengthening the single market are key

Also in today’s newsletter: Activist hedge fund Elliott Management builds LSE stake and House votes down Trump measure

But only a little

Also in this newsletter: Why the EU’s carbon trading system is not obsolete after all

Lawmakers reject proposal by Republican leadership that would have blocked votes to challenge president’s trade policy

Protectionism cannot be a recipe for European success, says Ulf Kristersson

The continent needs a unified corporate framework open to companies of all sizes and sectors

Dizi television dramas popular across the world are a parable of country’s broader economic woes

Move by US president escalates tensions already heightened by Ottawa’s auto deal with China