Biden-Putin spar over Ukraine
FT News Briefing
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🗓️ 8 December 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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https://www.ft.com/content/4f159e0e-06fa-4610-8768-4807a47b6fbe
China is preparing a blacklist that could tightly restrict the main channel technology start-ups use to attract international capital, and the US is pressuring Germany to block Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas in the event that Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine. Plus, the FT’s hedge fund correspondent, Laurence Fletcher, talks about Elliott Management, one of the most “fearsome” activist hedge funds.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Wednesday, December 8th. |
| 0:03.6 | And this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:08.6 | Another shoe could drop in China's ongoing crackdown on technology companies, |
| 0:12.7 | and US President Joe Biden warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin not to invade Ukraine. |
| 0:17.9 | Here's the take from our Moscow bureau chief. |
| 0:20.5 | This isn't Putin trying to signal that he is preparing to invade Ukraine. |
| 0:25.4 | This is more about demonstrating to Ukraine, but even more importantly to US, |
| 0:30.0 | that Russia has the capacity to crush Ukraine if it wants to. |
| 0:34.7 | We'll also talk about the latest moves from activist hedge fund Elliott Management. |
| 0:39.2 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:45.5 | Beijing is planning to restrict technology upstarts from using a crucial financial channel |
| 0:50.5 | that other Chinese technology groups have been using to attract international capital. |
| 0:55.3 | The FT reports that Chinese authorities are preparing this blacklist, |
| 0:59.6 | and it would limit the role of foreign shareholders in Chinese tech companies. |
| 1:03.6 | A new ban would likely apply to startups, not tech companies that currently use the investment |
| 1:09.0 | tool to run their businesses. They're called variable interest entities or VIEs. |
| 1:14.5 | Chinese tech groups like Alibaba and Tencent use VIEs to get around foreign investment restrictions |
| 1:20.5 | and raise billions of dollars from international investors. |
| 1:24.0 | Sources said the blacklist could include sectors that use a lot of data or involve |
| 1:28.1 | national security concerns. And if this sounds familiar, it's because Washington has taken |
| 1:33.1 | similar measures to restrict Chinese investment in Silicon Valley startups. |
| 1:43.3 | US President Joe Biden held a two-hour video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday. |
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