About this episode
Pressure is piling on the European Union to cut back its sustainability agenda, Wall Street may thwart President Donald Trump’s call for a new oil boom, and the US president unleashes retaliatory tariffs against Colombia. Plus, Microsoft’s stake in OpenAI is complicating the start-up’s path to become a for-profit company. Mentioned in this podcast: Trump agenda piles pressure on EU to cut red tape Wall Street will stymie Donald Trump’s US oil surge plan, say shale bosses Trump imposes tariffs and sanctions on Colombia in spat over migrants OpenAI struggles to price Microsoft stake in deal to become for-profit company ft.com/briefingsale The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. 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. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.