2025-04-02
10 分钟Good morning from the Financial Times.
Today is Wednesday, April 2nd, and this is your FT News Briefing.
An American company is trying to take a bite out of TikTok, and it's tariff day here in the U.S.
We've got the view from Wall Street.
The market just wants certainty.
The market has been suffering probably more from the vacillation and uncertainty about tariff policy than it has from the threat of very high tariffs itself.
Plus, a Syrian group of first responders is staging a comeback.
I'm Mark Filippino, and here's the news you need to start your day.
Andreessen Horowitz is in talks to help buy out TikTok's Chinese owner.
The bid comes as the Trump administration is trying to force BiteDance to give up control of the popular social media app.
If BiteDance doesn't offload TikTok to non-Chinese entities, it will be banned in the U.S. on Saturday.
Andreessen Horowitz's potential investment is part of a wider effort that Oracle is putting together,
and sources tell the FT the bid is a front-runner.
It is finally here.
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to announce his tariff plans today,
and he's promised this will be a, quote, liberation day that will rebalance global trade.
Here to talk about what markets are expecting is the FT's U.S. financial commentator Rob Armstrong.
Hi, Rob.
Hi.
It's great to be back.