FT News Briefing

China unleashes stimulus blitz

The US Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, China has unleashed a swath of stimulus measures to jump-start growth and the incoming CEO at Trafigura signals a new era for the trading house. Plus, Sri Lanka has a new leftwing president who has promised a fresh start for the country. Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3ZDtpFS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US antitrust lawsuit accuses Visa of using dominance to shut down rivals</a> <a href="https://on.ft.com/4dlOSX1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China unleashes stimulus blitz to lift growth</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/47FEF6u" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trafigura set to name Richard Holtum as chief executive</a> <a href="https://on.ft.com/4ewg5Hk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sri Lanka swears in leftist election winner as president amid concerns over IMF deal</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 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. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/80b395da-120a-4808-ba21-da190bc2c0fe" 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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