Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump threatened a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and raised the prospect of increasing levies on most other countries, ramping up his trade rhetoric in comments that weighed on stocks and boosted the US dollar. (2) Markets are complacent on tariffs planned by US President Donald Trump...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Donald Trump’s threat to impose 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods sent the country’s currency plunging as the US leader sharply escalated a dispute with Latin America’s largest nation and leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.   (2) President Donald Trump said the US would begin lev...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) US President Donald Trump sowed fresh chaos in metals markets with news of a higher-than-expected 50% tariff on copper imports, spurring a record spike in US futures and a drop in the global benchmark. (2) President Donald Trump vowed to push forward with his aggressive tariff regime in the coming days, s...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump unveiled the first in a wave of promised letters that threaten to impose higher tariff rates on key trading partners, but suggested that he was still open to additional negotiations and pushed off increased duties until at least Aug. 1. (2) The European Union is seeking to conclude...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump said he would put an additional 10% tariff on any country aligning themselves with “the Anti-American policies of BRICS,” injecting further uncertainty into global trade as the US continues to negotiate levies with many trading partners.   (2) China will impose some...

Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a look ahead to Delta earnings and a summer travel outlook.  In the UK – a look ahead to JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon visit to Ireland ahead of the US tariff deadline for Europe In Asia – a look at how recent data from China are providing an ambiguo...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) US President Donald Trump said that his administration will start sending out letters to trading partners on Friday setting unilateral tariff rates, which he said countries would have to begin paying on Aug. 1. (2) The Chinese government intends to cancel part of a two-day summit with European Union leade...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Rachel Reeves will stay on as Chancellor of the Exchequer, as he sought to draw a line under speculation about her future that sparked a bond selloff. (2) As speculation of Reeves’ potential ouster raced through markets, 30-year gilt yields surged 19 basis points...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Keir Starmer dramatically abandoned his flagship welfare reforms to avoid a historic defeat, leaving the UK prime minister’s authority badly damaged and his government facing a widening fiscal hole to fill.  (2) The Trump administration is halting the transfer of artillery rounds and air defens...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The European Union is willing to accept a trade arrangement with the US that includes a 10% universal tariff on many of the bloc’s exports, but wants the US to commit to lower rates on key sectors such as pharmaceuticals, alcohol, semiconductors and commercial aircraft. (2) President Donald Tru...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) With just 10 days to go until President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs are set to resume, the White House appears poised to fall short of the sweeping global trade reforms it promised to achieve during the three months they were on hold.  (2) Canada has withdrawn its digital services t...

Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a look ahead to the June jobs report and commodities outlook. In the UK – a look ahead to the annual summer economic conference in the Southern French city of Aix. In Asia – a look at relations between China and Iran. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The US Treasury Department announced a deal with G-7 allies that will exclude American companies from some taxes imposed by other countries in exchange for removing the Section 899 “revenge tax” proposal from President Donald Trump’s tax bill. (2) The European Union is prepared for all e...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) NATO leaders agreed to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP and renewed their “ironclad commitment” to mutual security in an historic move to push back against an increasingly belligerent Russia (2) President Donald Trump said the US would hold a meeting with Iran next week but cast doubt on...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) American airstrikes had only a limited impact on Iran’s nuclear program, according to early US intelligence findings, as the United Nations watchdog urged fresh inspection of the sites.   (2) Donald Trump ensured that NATO’s high-stakes summit would be a nervy affair to the end as he flew...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Iran and Israel appeared to be nearing a pause in their 12-day war after President Donald Trump announced a surprise ceasefire in a conflict that saw key Iranian military leaders and scientists killed, US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites and a salvo of missiles launched at Qatar. (2) An attack on a US air...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The unprecedented US airstrikes on Iran have set traders and governments worldwide on edge, as the Islamic Republic warns of retaliation and Israel shows no sign of letting up in its assault. (2) Iran warned there would be consequences for US strikes on its key nuclear sites and said it “reserves al...

Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a look ahead to U.S GDP and personal spending data and Nike earnings. In the UK – a look ahead to TheCityUK's annual conference. In Asia – a look ahead to Bloomberg’s China economic survey. ----------------------------------------------------------...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump will decide within two weeks whether to strike Iran, his spokeswoman said, as Israel hit more Iranian nuclear sites and warned its attacks may bring down the leadership in Tehran. (2) Iran is racing to get its oil out into the world, a sign of the unusual logistical steps that Tehra...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Senior US officials are preparing for the possibility of a strike on Iran in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign that Washington is assembling the infrastructure to directly enter a conflict with Tehran. (2) Federal Reserve officials continued to pencil in two interest-ra...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump met with his national security team in Washington for more than an hour on Tuesday to discuss the escalating Middle East conflict, according to people familiar with the matter, fueling fresh speculation that the US is on the verge of joining Israel’s attack on Iran. (2) US Pre...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump is set to depart the Group of Seven leaders’ summit in Canada a day early, after warning residents of Tehran to evacuate the city as Israel continued to bombard Iran in a bid to disable its nuclear program. (2) President Donald Trump’s hasty exit from the Group of Seven...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Open hostilities between Israel and Iran entered a fourth day on Monday with no sign of easing, stoking fears of a wider war in the oil-rich region. (2) Oil-watchers are bracing for a further price rally after Israeli strikes on Iranian energy assets heightened the risk to Middle East supplies. (3) Presid...

Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a look ahead to next week’s Fed decision. In the UK – a look ahead to next week’s Bank of England decision. In Asia – a look ahead to next week's Bank of Japan decision. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Israel launched waves of airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear program and ballistic-missile sites on Friday morning, a major escalation in the standoff between the two adversaries that risks sparking a wider war in the Middle East. (2) Explosions were heard across Tehran and in the city of Natanz, home...