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Buy European and the French paradox
French ideas are often in the ascendant in EU policy-making just as the country’s government grows weaker
US and India reach interim trade deal
Agreement follows détente between Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The three-way race for Brazil’s rare earths heats up
US, EU and China compete for South American nation’s vast deposits of the critical minerals as trade tensions loom
The disappointing randomness of currency hegemony
We cannot know what the next dominant currency regime will be because all regimes are different
French farming posts first trade deficit in nearly a decade
Poor results prompt warning that France’s traditional strength in agriculture has faded
FirstFT: Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s social Ponzi scheme
Also in today’s newsletter: Big Tech’s ‘breathtaking’ spending spree and how climate change is leading to a reappraisal of the Winter Olympics
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A View from the Bridge - February 2026
With political turmoil or “Polycrisis” inside Downing Street being the more dominant theme for sterling markets over the past couple of sessions, market participants were not primed for a pronounced shift in bias from the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)at their first meeting of the year.
PegasusCapital - 06/02/2026
