EU pushes ahead with sprawling AI regulation
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 6 February 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
US allies across Europe and the Middle East have condemned Donald Trump’s plans to “take over” Gaza, the US cracks down on a trade loophole, and Disney’s earnings shot up 27% in its financial first quarter. Plus, the EU is pushing ahead with enforcing its artificial intelligence regulations despite warnings from Trump.
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Middle East and Europe condemn Donald Trump’s plans to take over Gaza
Trump’s crackdown on trade loophole to hit Shein and Temu — and help Amazon
Disney boosted by strong showing at holiday box office
EU pushes ahead with enforcing AI Act despite Donald Trump warnings
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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| 0:00.0 | We're Equinor, an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:03.0 | Currently, we supply 27% of the UK's gas, 15% of its oil, |
| 0:07.7 | and we're playing our part in the UK's energy transition. |
| 0:11.0 | Our wind farms power 750,000 homes, |
| 0:14.0 | and we expect that to grow to over 7 million. |
| 0:16.5 | Last year, we invested 20% of our global growth spend in renewables |
| 0:20.1 | and lower carbon solutions. |
| 0:22.0 | We plan to increase that to 50% by 2030. |
| 0:25.4 | We're an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:28.4 | Equinor.com.uk. |
| 0:33.5 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:35.5 | Today is Thursday, February 6th, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:40.3 | Nations are reacting to President Donald Trump's plan for Gaza, and the U.S. is closing a trade |
| 0:46.4 | loophole that a lot of Chinese e-commerce giants love. |
| 0:50.6 | Plus, there's a showdown brewing between America and Europe over AI regulations. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:09.0 | Countries across Europe and the Middle East are strongly pushing back against Donald Trump's plan to take over Gaza. |
| 1:15.8 | Saudi Arabia said it would not establish diplomatic relations with Israel without an independent Palestinian state. |
| 1:22.7 | Jordan and Egypt also rejected Trump's plans for Gaza. |
| 1:26.6 | Turkey's foreign minister called the remarks unacceptable. |
| 1:30.1 | In Europe, Germany said Trump's plans would lead to new suffering, and the UK said Palestinians |
| 1:35.3 | in the area must be allowed to rebuild. The White House yesterday clarified Trump's statement, |
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