Brits Are Coming for American Jobs

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for April 5. More U.S. companies are shipping white-collar jobs across the Atlantic. WSJ reporter Chelsey Dulaney explains why a sluggish U.K. economy has made the country an unlikely outsourcing destination. Plus, Israel has agreed to allow more aid into Gaza after the White House warned that support for the war against Hamas depends on easing a growing humanitarian crisis. And China turns to new AI tools to spread misinformation abroad. Luke Vargas hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.0	Israel will allow more aid into Gaza after President Biden warned the country over U.S. support.
0:46.7	Plus the White House prepares to unveil a new student loan forgiveness plan and responding
0:52.1	to surging wages and staff shortages American
0:55.3	businesses look to the UK. When you talk about US outsourcing you probably
0:59.8	think of manufacturing jobs in China, textile manufacturing in Bangladesh.
1:04.4	These developing countries with really low wages,
1:07.2	UK historically has not been that place.
1:09.5	It's Friday, April 5th.
1:11.4	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of
1:15.2	What's News? The top headlines and business stories moving your world today. Israel is planning to reopen a key border crossing into northern Gaza and has agreed to allow
1:31.0	the use of one of its ports for the delivery of aid in order to help
1:34.8	ease the humanitarian crisis in the Strip.
1:38.1	The U.S. welcomed that announcement, which came just hours after a tense phone call between President Biden and Israeli
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