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The uphill battle to beat Trump

The uphill battle to beat Trump

Donald Trump’s decisive Iowa victory cements his lead for the Republican presidential nomination

FT News Briefing · Forhecz Topher

January 17, 202410m 46s

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Show Notes

Wage growth is slowing in the world’s largest economies, a federal judge stopped JetBlue’s planned deal to buy Spirit Airlines, and the EU’s tax on ‘dirty’ imports could fragment global trade. Plus, the FT’s Lauren Fedor explains the uphill battle for the Republican presidential nomination that Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are facing. 


Mentioned in this podcast:

Wage growth slows in world’s major economies

How global trade could fragment after the EU’s tax on ‘dirty’ imports

JetBlue’s $3.8bn bid for rival airline Spirit blocked by US judge

Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis running out of time to stop Donald Trump


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. 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.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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