UK weighs new lockdown, ECB measures bond buying program, Trump on Chinese tech
UK weighs new lockdown, ECB measures bond buying program, Trump on Chinese tech

UK weighs new lockdown, ECB measures bond buying program, Trump on Chinese tech

FT News Briefing


21.09.2020 • 10 Min.

Rishi Sunak is set to extend the Treasury’s UK-wide programme of business support loans ahead of what’s expected to be a challenging winter for Covid-19, the European Central Bank has launched a sweeping review of its main pandemic crisis-fighting tool, and Donald Trump has said that the new Oracle-ByteDance partnership will finance a “patriotic” education fund. Plus, the FT’s US energy editor Derek Brower will explain whether the poisoning of Russian activist Alexei Navalny will affect the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Sunak to extend business support loans as Covid-19 spread worsens ft.com/content/dfdff1fd-503a-4231-812f-40be4cc4c2b7? ECB to review flagship bond-buying tool in fighting Covid crisis https://www.ft.com/content/8ff55eff-ed3a-49db-b26a-2f49fa7822d4 Doubts surround ‘education fund’ at heart of US TikTok deal https://www.ft.com/content/4a9bb9aa-45e3-43b2-9759-3313751ffc8b EU gas groups exposed as pipeline politics threaten Nord Stream 2 https://www.ft.com/content/2c713b40-ae7f-47a7-b050-e91ca0879c8f Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.