Companies look for US tariff workarounds

Equities markets continued to adapt to the tariffs unleashed by US President Donald Trump, oil prices hit a four-year low on Monday, and investors are expecting the European Central Bank to make two rate cuts by July. Plus, the FT’s Stephen Foley explains how consultants are advising their clients on limiting the damage from tariffs.  Mentioned in this podcast:Oil drops further as fears of global recession riseCompanies get creative in finding ways to limit impact of Trump’s tariffsECB expected to cut rates in April and June as tariffs threaten recessionThe FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.