Top US trade official reveals ‘problem’ in UK negotiations

Top US trade official reveals ‘problem’ in UK negotiations

Author: Financial Times September 4, 2026 Duration: 12:39

The US trade representative says the UK is choosing the EU over America and Deutsche Bank organised almost $1bn of loans to a Hollywood studio landlord now in default. Plus, Nvidia has agreed to buy AI model platform Hugging Face for $13bn, and a look at how chicken became the world’s favourite protein.


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UK-EU alignment is ‘problem’ for US trade deal, says top Trump official

Deutsche Bank led $1bn of troubled lending to Hollywood studio landlord

Nvidia to buy open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $13bn

Hugging Face attack is a wake-up call about the risks of AI

FT Series: Big Chicken


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