FT News Briefing

The surprise winner of the US-China chip wars

The EU and US found some stop-gap funding for weapons for Ukraine, China is scrapping a number of infrastructure projects in indebted regions, and US inflation ticked up unexpectedly. Plus, tension between Beijing and Washington over access to technology has prompted many companies to open factories in south-east Asia.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4cadsdX" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EU and US find stop-gap funding for Ukraine weapons</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3ViUThF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China’s treatment of local debt ‘ulcer’ threatens growth target</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/49OizPw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US inflation rises to 3.2% in February</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3TcejSU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Malaysia: the surprise winner from US-China chip wars</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Breen Turner, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. 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. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bb6b5758-c6df-4456-836c-a167e75d6571" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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