Taiwan looks to play nice with Trump
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was “ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible”, Taiwan is trying to get on US President Donald Trump’s good side, and private equity assets under management fell last year for the first time in decades. Plus, businesses are snapping up the wind and solar farms that governments are no longer backing.
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Big businesses step up to buy energy from new wind and solar farms
‘Chips on the table’: Taiwan pushes for closer US ties as China threat looms
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine ‘ready’ to talk peace in bid to placate Donald Trump
Private equity industry shrinks for the first time in decades
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. |
| 0:33.5 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:35.5 | Today is Wednesday, March 5th. |
| 0:37.1 | And this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:40.2 | Ukraine's president says his country is ready to talk about peace, and private equity has taken a hit. |
| 0:47.4 | Plus, Taiwan thinks it has a bargaining chip with Donald Trump. So TSM is also known in Taiwan as the holy mountain that protects the nation. |
| 0:57.1 | Now, these days, people are discussing whether the mountain is being moved. |
| 1:01.3 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:20.7 | Thank you. Volodymyr Zelensky is working hard to repair his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump. |
| 1:26.7 | That comes after a tense meeting with the White House last week. On Monday, the U.S. said it was suspending all military aid to keep. |
| 1:29.3 | The move stunned Ukrainians and European allies. A pause would really limit Ukraine's ability |
| 1:34.9 | to hold the front line in the war with Russia. Zolensky said on Tuesday that the Oval |
| 1:40.0 | Office meeting was, quote, regrettable. He said that his country is still willing to sign a |
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