Will investors buy Anglo American’s break-up plan?
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 15 May 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The Biden administration is encouraging Arab states to participate in a multinational force that could deploy in Gaza once the war ends, Anglo American plans to thwart BHP’s £34bn takeover bid by breaking itself up, and the US is sharply raising tariffs on Chinese imports from electric vehicles to solar cells. Plus, Singapore’s new prime minister has his work cut out.
Mentioned in this podcast:
US encouraging Arab states to join multinational postwar force in Gaza
Anglo American plans break-up to thwart £34bn BHP bid
US sharply raises tariffs on Chinese EVs and semiconductor imports
Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s next PM faces an ever trickier balancing act
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.0 | Learn more at equinore. |
| 0:10.0 | At equinore. UK. Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Wednesday, May 15th, and this is your |
| 0:18.7 | F.T. news briefing. The US is trying to plan for a post-war Gaza. An Anglo-American is fighting back |
| 0:28.0 | against a takeover proposal. Plus Singapore's new Prime Minister will have to navigate the city |
| 0:34.4 | state's tricky position between the US and China. I'm Sonia Hudson and here's the |
| 0:40.9 | news you need to start your day. The US and some Arab states are discussing a multinational force in Gaza. |
| 1:00.9 | Troops from the Middle East and North Africa |
| 1:04.0 | would deploy in the enclave after the war ends. |
| 1:07.4 | The idea is they could help stabilize Gaza. |
| 1:10.5 | It would all be temporary just until a more credible Palestinian security group could take over. |
| 1:16.0 | Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Morocco are considering the initiative, but there's a catch. |
| 1:22.0 | They want American troops to be part of the |
| 1:25.0 | equation and that's a non-starter for President Joe Biden. Some Israeli |
| 1:30.0 | officials are on board with the idea of an international police force but |
| 1:34.4 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yahoo is resisting it. |
| 1:38.6 | The mining group Anglo-American might be going through a tough breakup with itself. |
| 1:50.0 | The company is planning to split off several of its businesses in a bid to win over shareholders. |
| 1:56.0 | Anglo-American rejected a 34 billion pound takeover proposal from its rival BHP earlier this week. So things are a little |
| 2:06.4 | tense. I'm joined now by the F.T's Harry Dempsey to unpack all this. Hi Harry. |
| 2:11.3 | Hi yeah. So what exactly would this breakup look like? all this |
| 2:13.4 | what exactly would this breakup look like? |
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