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On today's podcast:
(1) President Donald Trump’s relaxed tone about the dollar selloff is fuelling speculation the US currency is at the start of a longer-term decline.

(2) Gold surged to a record high above $5,200 an ounce, extending a breakneck rally fuelled by US dollar weakness and a flight from sovereign bonds and currencies.

(3) UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives in Beijing on Wednesday confident he can do what few leaders have shown the political dexterity to pull off: broaden trade ties with China without annoying President Donald Trump.

(4) Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived renewed attempts to oust him over his plans for France’s public finances, bringing the country a step closer to securing a 2026 budget.

(5) Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the two parties are in talks with the White House over US government funding as Democrats threaten to force a partial US government shutdown following a mounting public backlash over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

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On today's podcast:

(1) Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK wouldn’t have to choose between the US and China, as he heralded “significant opportunities” for British businesses ahead of his trip to Beijing this week.

(2) The European Union and India are set to announce an agreement on a long-awaited trade deal on Tuesday, forging closer economic ties to hedge against US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

(3) President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on goods imported from South Korea to 25%, citing what he said was the failure of the country’s legislature to codify the trade deal the two nations reached last year.

(4) Gold rose, holding above $5,000 an ounce for a second day, as a weak US dollar helped to extend a blistering rally fueled by geopolitical risks and investor flight from sovereign bonds and currencies.

(5) Greg Bovino, the US Border Patrol commander who became the face of President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, is leaving the city following a mounting public outcry over the killing of two US citizens by federal agents in recent weeks.

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On today's podcast:

(1) Senate Republican leaders plan to reject Democratic demands to split off funding for the Department of Homeland Security and pass the rest of a giant funding package needed to avert a partial government shutdown this week, a Senate GOP aide said.

(2) Gold surged past $5,000 an ounce for the first time, extending a breakneck rally fueled by US President Donald Trump’s reshaping of international relations and investor flight from sovereign bonds and currencies.

(3) Canada won’t be derailed in its efforts to diversify trade away from the US despite the latest threats from the Trump administration, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand said.

(4) The yen extended gains to as much as 1.2% against the dollar as traders started the week on heightened alert for authorities intervening in the market following its recent slide.

(5) Keir Starmer’s rivals were looking for a pretext to mount a leadership challenge. The prime minister impeded one would-be successor this weekend but in doing so may have given others the reason they need to strike.

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Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Host Nathan Hager take a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week.

• In the US – a look ahead to earnings from Tesla and some of the biggest names in tech.
• In the UK – a look ahead to the UK Prime Minister’s visit to China.
• In Asia – a look ahead to Apple’s earnings and why business in Asia is a key focal point.

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On today's podcast:

(1) Europe is ready to get back to work with the US, wary, frustrated and knowing it can’t trust an ally it’s relied on for decades.

(2) The US wants to rewrite its defense agreement with Denmark to remove any limits on its military presence in Greenland, people familiar with the matter said, in what’s become a focal point for negotiators looking to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for control over the territory.

(3) Russian President Vladimir Putin held about four hours of talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the Kremlin on the latest peace plan aimed at ending his war on Ukraine, with further negotiations set to begin Friday.

(4) TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance have closed a long-awaited deal to transfer parts of their US operations to American investors, securing the popular video app’s future in the US and avoiding a nationwide ban.

(5) JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was heading home after another whirlwind trip to Davos, when the news hit: President Donald Trump was suing him and his bank for $5 billion.

(6) Keir Starmer is bracing for a potential showdown with a key left-wing rival in a test of the British prime minister’s power to stave off the gathering threats to his job.

(7) Scientists have discovered the potential of the animals’ antibodies to thwart multiple diseases, and now drug developers are collectively plowing billions of dollars into the field and llama farms.

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On today's podcast:

(1) President Donald Trump said he would refrain from imposing tariffs on goods from European nations opposing his effort to take possession of Greenland, citing a “framework of a future deal” he said was reached regarding the island.

(2) Global stocks were set to extend a rally after US President Donald Trump abandoned his tariff threat against Europe, easing concerns about a renewed trade war.

(3) Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said he is ready to commit Russian assets that remain frozen in the US to rebuild Ukrainian regions damaged during the war after a peace treaty is concluded.

(4) British business leaders want the governing Labour Party to keep under-pressure Keir Starmer as prime minister, but many are open to the prospect of backing Nigel Farage’s Reform UK at the next election, a survey found.

(5) English teams have slipped out of the top four of Deloitte’s Money League for the first time in 29 years, according to an annual survey of the highest revenue generating football clubs globally.

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On today's podcast:

(1) President Donald Trump expressed confidence that the European Union would continue to invest in the US even if he imposed new tariffs related to his quest to take control of Greenland, a proposal that has angered leaders on the continent.

(2) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney used a major address in Davos to argue that the world’s middle powers must band together to resist coercion from aggressive superpowers

(3) JPMorgan Asset Management’s Bob Michele said the selloff in markets is a message to President Donald Trump’s administration to take action to restore calm as officials did after Liberation Day tariffs rattled investors last year.

(4) The UK government approved a new Chinese embassy in London, ending a years-long saga that had strained bilateral relations, and setting the stage for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to visit Beijing next week.

(5) The online brawl between Elon Musk and Ryanair Holdings Plc dragged into a second week, with the world’s richest man again floating the idea of buying the airline after clashing with its chief executive officer.

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On today's podcast:

(1) President Donald Trump said he will meet with several parties over his ambition to take control of Greenland during the upcoming World Economic Forum.

(2) US President Donald Trump took shots at French leader Emmanuel Macron for rejecting his invitation to join a proposed Board of Peace, and suggested he could impose a 200% tariff on champagne.

(3) French premier Sebastien Lecornu said he will use a constitutional tool to adopt the 2026 budget without a parliamentary vote, signaling he has secured sufficient parliamentary backing to survive subsequent no-confidence ballots.

(4) The UK appeared to lay the groundwork for approving China’s new embassy in London on the eve of a controversial decision that risks driving a deeper wedge both within the ruling Labour party and with the US administration.

(5) The UK government is asking the public whether social media should be banned for children under 16.

(6) Far from the financial hubs of Milan and London, in an unassuming building near the Naples waterfront, a small fixed income desk is quietly defying Wall Street stereotypes.

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