Modi’s tariff tap dance with Trump
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated Moscow is unwilling to drop its maximalist demands over any deal to halt the fighting in Ukraine, and Intel’s new chief executive has made investors excited. Plus, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in a tough spot over how he handles tariffs from the US.
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Putin voices doubts over US proposal for Ukraine ceasefire
Intel shares soar after troubled chipmaker appoints Lip-Bu Tan as CEO
‘Whatever you charge, I’m charging’: Donald Trump forces India’s hand on tariffs
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, 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.
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| 0:00.0 | We're Equinor, an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:03.0 | Currently, we supply 27% of the UK's gas, 15% of its oil, |
| 0:07.7 | and we're playing our part in the UK's energy transition. |
| 0:11.0 | Our wind farms power 750,000 homes, |
| 0:14.0 | and we expect that to grow to over 7 million. |
| 0:16.5 | Last year, we invested 20% of our global growth spend in renewables |
| 0:20.1 | and lower carbon solutions. |
| 0:22.0 | We plan to increase that to 50% by 2030. |
| 0:25.4 | We're an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:28.4 | equinore.co.uk. |
| 0:33.4 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:35.2 | Today is Friday, March 14th. |
| 0:37.3 | And this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:39.8 | Intel had a rare bit of good news, and Russia is playing hardball over a potential ceasefire with Ukraine. |
| 0:46.8 | Plus, India and the U.S. are strong trading partners, but will tariffs get in the way of all that? |
| 0:52.9 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:09.7 | Vladimir Putin has set some tough conditions for a ceasefire in Ukraine. |
| 1:13.7 | But the Russian president technically supports the idea of the 30-day pause in fighting |
| 1:18.4 | that the U.S. proposed this week. |
| 1:20.8 | So what does this current moment look like for Ukraine? |
| 1:24.6 | The FTs foreign editor, Alec Russell, is just back from a visit to the |
| 1:28.2 | country, and he joins me now. Hey, Alec. Mark, hi, very good to be back with you. So do me a favor. Can you |
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