Berlin beats back Big Tech
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 17 January 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen will meet her Chinese counterpart Liu He in Zurich this week, a former Russian paramilitary soldier has promised to give evidence against the notorious Wagner group after making a dramatic escape to Norway, and scientists have unveiled a laser beam to deflect lightning strikes. Plus, as EU regulators slowly roll out their own Big Tech regulation enforcement, Berlin is already holding gatekeepers to account.
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Yellen to meet Chinese finance minister in Zurich this week
Wagner fighter seeks asylum after dramatic escape to Norway
How Germany became Europe’s leading Big Tech trust buster
Scientists unveil laser beam to deflect lightning strikes
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk |
| 0:09.9 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.3 | Today is Tuesday, January 17th, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:18.6 | Top officials from the US and China plan to meet tomorrow in a rare face-to-face meeting. |
| 0:23.7 | A member of a notorious Russian paramilitary group has escaped |
| 0:27.8 | and promised to talk about his experience, plus it was a big deal when the EU passed |
| 0:34.7 | its big tech regulation, but Germany was already out front. |
| 0:38.4 | The center of gravity has slightly shifted from Brussels to Berlin, |
| 0:43.6 | where regulators are taking action ahead of the counterparts in Brussels. |
| 0:50.9 | I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:57.8 | US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet her Chinese counterpart, Leo Ha, in Switzerland tomorrow. |
| 1:10.9 | It's their first ever in-person meeting. |
| 1:13.7 | A US Treasury official said the two will quote exchange views on macroeconomic developments |
| 1:18.8 | and other economic issues. |
| 1:20.8 | The talk's signal that the two governments are committed to improving bilateral ties, |
| 1:25.6 | and they take place just before Yellen heads to Africa for 10 days. |
| 1:29.9 | There, she'll try and entice countries to loosen their ties to Beijing and Moscow. |
| 1:40.8 | A former member of the Russian paramilitary Wagner group has escaped from fighting in Ukraine |
| 1:45.7 | and is seeking asylum in Norway. |
| 1:47.9 | The defector says he's a former commander and is promising to give evidence against the |
| 1:52.5 | notoriously brutal group. |
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