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The FT’s trade columnist replied to reader questions

Also in today’s newsletter: virus-hit ship sails for the Canary Islands, and Wall Street’s salacious lawsuit

Previous US presidents have been undone by oil price shocks, but rarely ones of their own making

François Villeroy de Galhau warns policymakers to focus on ‘second-round effects’ of energy shock

Norges Bank says situation in Middle East is ‘still causing substantial uncertainty about the economic outlook’

World’s second-largest container shipping line says costs have increased by $500mn per month

Also in this newsletter: New rail ticket rules, and how to spend Europe’s defence boom

Countries and companies will need to compete for funds to meet their spending plans

A hundred years after Ford gave workers a two-day weekend, Latin America’s largest country wants to follow suit

Continuous easing amid successive supply shocks is a risky policy move that ignores the pandemic’s lessons

Shortage of petrochemical inputs drives up prices of packaging for food and medical products

Also in today’s newsletter: DeepSeek’s first fundraising

Dark matter revealed?

Monthly surveys of economic activity and confidence have fallen more sharply among energy importers than in the US

A new video podcast from The FT exploring the history of finance

Policymakers must overcome the mercantilist fallacy that the way to get rich is by running surpluses forever

A wave of cheap imports is pushing Europe’s industry to ‘breaking point’

Volatility is more damaging than higher prices and will cause merchandise flows to drop, according to Global Trade Alert

European farmers have long counted on political protection and state support. Now that may be fracturing

Investing in alternatives to this and other maritime chokepoints is costly but necessary