How to trade the trade war
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 7 February 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Amazon shares fell after a weaker than expected outlook for the first quarter, and investors are figuring out how to trade in the trade war. Plus, The Bank of England cut interest rates by a quarter-point, and a long simmering conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo and a Rwanda-backed rebel group is threatening to destabilize the region.
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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 | equinore.co.uk. |
| 0:33.3 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:35.4 | Today is Friday, February 7th. |
| 0:39.1 | This is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:47.8 | Amazon is scared of a strong U.S. dollar. And the FTs, Katie Martin, tells us how investors might plan for a trade war. |
| 0:52.0 | Is this constant experience for feeling like you're nailing jelly to the wall? |
| 0:56.0 | Plus, fighting continues in the Congo over critical minerals. |
| 0:59.8 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:15.0 | Amazon saw its share price drop as much as 7% in after-hours trading yesterday. |
| 1:20.0 | The e-commerce giant posted a weaker than expected outlook in its quarterly earnings. |
| 1:25.6 | Amazon said that net sales will top out at $155 billion this quarter. That's well below the expected $158 billion. The company anticipates |
| 1:31.2 | a, quote, unusually large, unfavorable impact from a strong dollar. Amazon Web Services also |
| 1:38.3 | posted lower than expected sales last quarter. This marks the latest in what has been a mixed |
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