Rishi Sunak comes to Washington
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Tesla and General Motors have struck a deal to let the Detroit carmaker’s customers plug in at 12,000 of the Texas company’s roadside chargers, and Turkey eased its long-running battle to defend the lira and the currency plunged. Plus, US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday agreed on an “Atlantic declaration” to strengthen economic ties between the two countries.
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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 |
| 0:10.4 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:12.4 | Today is Friday, June 9th, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:19.1 | Tesla's letting general motors into its walled garden of chargers. |
| 0:24.0 | Turkey's return to rational economic policy so far means a plunging lira. |
| 0:31.3 | Plus, we'll talk about Rishi Sunak's visit with Joe Biden yesterday. |
| 0:35.4 | I think that's very important for Britain because they're ties with the European Union |
| 0:40.5 | have frayed economically since Brexit. |
| 0:43.2 | I'm Sonya Hudson in for Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:54.0 | Starting next year, general motors drivers will be able to plug their electric cars into |
| 0:59.1 | 12,000 of Tesla's fast charging stations. |
| 1:03.2 | It's similar to a move that Tesla announced with Ford last month. |
| 1:07.7 | Tesla operates the majority of fast charging stations across the country. |
| 1:12.5 | GM's chief executive called it, quote, |
| 1:15.0 | an important next step in expanding access. |
| 1:18.4 | For right now though, GM vehicles will have to use an adapter to connect to the chargers. |
| 1:29.5 | British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with US President Joe Biden in Washington yesterday. |
| 1:35.4 | The two leaders played up their relationship. Here's Sunak. |
| 1:39.6 | And we were talking earlier about our hometowns. |
| 1:42.5 | Joe is very rightly proud of Scranton, |
| 1:46.0 | and I was telling him a little bit about Southampton in England where I'm from. |
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