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A year after former Italian PM’s report on competitiveness, EU implements just 11% of his ideas

South Korean company trying to boost American manufacturing is facing higher Trump tariffs and industrial unrest at home

Provocative headlines are more likely to generate clicks

Beijing has tried to rein in industrial overproduction and boost spending to combat falling prices

Tensions over regulation add to geopolitical upheaval, dashing hopes of more certainty

Bidding opens to raise money for the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign

Case marks first test of president’s use of emergency powers to impose policies

Tech group tries to lure customers to upgrade devices as it suffers from US trade war and slow progress on AI

Updated figures point to far worse slowdown in labour market than previously thought

Bad policy not weak demand is undermining jobs growth

Someone on the internet is . . .  right?

Also in today’s newsletter, a $50bn mining merger and the revival of Hong Kong

More than 40 years of FT coverage, charted

Managers seek urgent legal advice after detentions at Hyundai-LG Energy plant in Georgia

Labour MPs increasingly concerned about ‘straitjacket’ imposed on economic policy

Sharp age divide came after Labour won 2024 general election

Bullion extends blistering rally as stagflation fears linger

Discussions come after Trump administration signals willingness to go after Moscow’s revenues

Investors will be worried if the US president succeeds in hobbling the central bank

While the president is steadily undermining the US economy he’s less likely to be trashing the global one