FT News Briefing

Japan opens for (foreign) business

PwC faces a six-month business ban in China, and Mexico’s Supreme Court judges go on strike. Plus, a potential takeover of 7-Eleven may set the tone for a new era of Japanese acquisitions.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4fV0OBy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PwC expects six-month ban in China over Evergrande audit</a> <a href="https://on.ft.com/3WTmncP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mexico’s judges to strike over López Obrador’s plan to fire them</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/472ImTy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">After 7-Eleven, Japan’s M&amp;A scene may never be the same again</a>  The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, 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/59c1ca89-4f80-4fdf-8456-2b4350e7952f" 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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