Letter: Will EU put restrictions on holders of US Treasuries?News Feed
From John Stevens, Brussels, Belgium
How to celebrate the world as it falls apartNews Feed
The Osaka Expo 2025 is a masterclass in smiling through tariff calamity
Letter: WHO and traditional Chinese medicineNews Feed
From Dora Henry, Retired Medical Scientist, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK
Letter: Fair and logical way to fight restaurant ‘no shows’News Feed
From Jonathon Swaine, Managing Director, Pubs, Shepherd Neame, Faversham Brewery, Kent, UK
Letter: Elizabethan astrology and today’s financial divinersNews Feed
From Professor David Zeitlyn, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (ISCA), University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Letter: The enduring ‘success’ of Thatcher’s arts policyNews Feed
From Austin Lanari, Massapequa, NY, US
Why did Donald Trump buckle?News Feed
The market turmoil and pressure from Wall Street to Capitol Hill proved too much for the US president
FirstFT: Wall Street stocks soar as Donald Trump backs down from global trade warNews Feed
Also in today’s newsletter, Apple leans on India to help ease Trump’s China tariffs, and Ukraine says more than 150 Chinese nationals fighting for Russia
An apology to the bond vigilantesNews Feed
And a thank you from FT Alphaville
Ex-Russian politician found guilty in UK sanctions and money-laundering trialNews Feed
Former governor of Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea convicted by London jury