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Soldiers’ fortune: Ukraine’s prisoner swap

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

No one knows which soldiers will be on the buses; many families simply come in hope. As the wider war grinds on, our correspondent witnesses a mix of joy, confusion and disappointment. Big American brands once had it easy in the global marketplace. Now they bear the brunt of anti-Trump sentiment (12:05). And Brazil’s bustling bull market—that is, market for bulls (18:28).


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1:15.7

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

1:17.3

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

1:22.3

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. The biggest, most international, most recognizably American brands used to have an easy job selling into the global marketplace.

1:36.8

Used to. We look at a costly backlash.

1:40.8

And I can't resist calling it a bull market in Brazil, but it's also a cow market.

1:47.0

Bitters buy shares in bovine assets, pay astronomical sums for their semen or eggs.

1:54.0

Our correspondent spends some time thinking about what makes a good cow, or bull.

2:00.0

First up, though, makes a good cow or bull.

2:05.6

First up though. The thing about exchanges such as this is perhaps if you haven't been to them before,

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