The Trump nominee uniting Democrats and Republicans
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 10 March 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Canada’s Liberal party selects a new leader, and US President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust division is turning heads on Wall Street. Plus, US startups are raising more money than at any point since 2021, and why a gold boom in Ghana is driving up global chocolate prices.
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Mark Carney to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister
Trump nominee unites right and left with tough antitrust view
The illegal gold miners driving up global chocolate prices
AI frenzy leads US venture capital to biggest splurge in three years
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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. Currently, we supply 27% of the UK's gas, |
| 0:07.0 | 15% of its oil, and we're playing our part in the UK's energy transition. In 2023, we invested |
| 0:14.1 | 20% of our global gross spend in renewables and lower carbon solutions. Today, our wind farms power |
| 0:20.0 | 750,000 homes, and we expect this to grow to |
| 0:23.3 | over 7 million UK households. We're an energy company searching for better. Equinore.com. |
| 0:29.0 | UK. |
| 0:33.7 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, March 10th, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:40.6 | Canada's ruling Liberal Party has elected a new leader, and therefore a new prime minister. |
| 0:46.8 | And a tough antitrust enforcer is likely headed to the U.S. Justice Department. |
| 0:52.2 | Plus, illegal gold mining is devastating cocoa farming in Ghana. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm Kasha Bursalian, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:09.4 | In first place, the next Prime Minister of Canada, |
| 1:16.2 | Mark Carney representing 85.9% of the vote. |
| 1:23.1 | Mark Carney will replace Justin Trudeau as Canada's prime minister. |
| 1:28.0 | The country's Liberal Party made the announcement yesterday after a leadership vote. |
| 1:33.8 | We're all being called to stand up for each other and for the Canadian way of life. |
| 1:39.8 | So let me ask you, who's ready? Pierre Fla. |
| 1:47.7 | Who's ready to stand up for Canada with me? |
| 1:51.6 | The two-time central bank governor defeated former finance minister, Christia Freeland, for the top job. |
| 1:57.7 | But he might not be leading Canada for long. |
| 2:02.4 | By law, Carney will have to call a general election no later than October, and it'll probably happen much sooner. Polling says |
| 2:08.3 | the race between Carney and Conservative Party leader Pierre Poliev will be close. Whoever |
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