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THE MOAT as it stood at 24 October 2026, 03:01 Brussels time · Archive · Today’s page

Trump to cut Canadian tariffs after pressure from Republicans

Financial Times /

Also: Le Monde Trump lifts some Canada tariffs ahead of midterms, The New York Times Ahead of Tight Race, Trump Swaps Tariffs on Some Canadian Goods

In other languages: Aftenposten Trump endrer tollsatsene på kryssfinerplater fra Canada for å hjelpe senator fra Maine (no), Handelsblatt +++ US-Zollpolitik +++: USA heben offenbar Zölle auf bestimmte kanadische Waren auf (de), Neue Zürcher Zeitung DIE NEUESTEN ENTWICKLUNGEN - Handelsstreit: USA passen einige Kanada-Zölle nach Druck aus grenznahen Gliedstaaten an (de), Svenska Dagbladet USA lättar på tulltrycket mot Kanada (sv), Asahi Shimbun 対カナダ50%関税、一部撤廃 トランプ氏、中間選挙で候補者後押し (ja) · see all

  1. Moody’s Keeps France’s Credit Rating Unchanged

    Don Nico Forbes / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Financial Times France avoids downgrade from Moody’s in boost for Macron’s government, Bloomberg France Avoids Moody’s Downgrade in Reprieve After Week of Crisis, The New York Times France’s Avoids a Debt Downgrade From Moody’s, but Is Given a Warning

    In other languages: El País Moody’s mantiene la calificación de la deuda soberana de Francia en medio de la crisis política y el malestar social (es), Handelsblatt Staatsfinanzen: Frankreichs Schuldenkrise verschärft sich – Moody’s hält Kreditrating trotzdem stabil (de), Jornal de Negócios Apesar da instabilidade social e política, Moody's segura rating de França (pt)

  2. Oil prices jump US$3 on Houthi attacks, oil spill, highest settlement since April

    The Business Times /

    Also: The New York Times Global Oil Price Hits $116 a Barrel, Highest Since April

  3. UK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab

    BBC /

    Also: Financial Times UK sets up AI lab to monitor biosecurity threats

  4. Russian Diesel Tanker Heads to New York After Trump-Putin Deal

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: Al-Monitor Exclusive-First Russian diesel from Putin-Trump deal heading for US, data shows, The Kyiv Independent First tanker with Russian diesel under Trump deal heads to US, Reuters reports, Bloomberg Ship With Russian Diesel Signals US Port After Trump-Putin Deal, Euronews First Russian diesel shipment is heading to US under Trump-Putin deal · see all

    In other languages: Dagens industri Efter Trumps avtal: Rysk diesel på väg mot USA (sv)

  5. Oil price rises above $117 a barrel amid fears US will renew strikes on Iran

    Lauren Almeida / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg Oil Climbs on Threats of a Widening War in Middle East, The Wall Street Journal Oil Prices Rise on Fears of Middle East Conflict Escalation

    In other languages: Het Financieele Dagblad Dreigende escalatie rond de Perzische Golf drijft olie- en gasprijs verder op (nl), Diario Financiero Dólar salta $ 10 este viernes y cierra la semana en máximos desde abril de 2025 por el incansable rally del petróleo (es), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 美 중간선거 후 이란 공습설에…유가 117달러 뚫었다 (ko)

  6. US lawmakers demand answers from Elon Musk over Ukraine Starlink restrictions

    Lachlan Hyatt / The Kyiv Independent /

    In other languages: Svenska Dagbladet Europa är Elon Musks gisslan (sv)

  7. OpenAI Resumes Training AI, But Without Internet Access

    Rachel Metz / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: Nach Hacks: OpenAI will Spitzen-KI ohne Internet trainieren (de)

  8. US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control

    Financial Times /

  9. Trilateral peace talks with Russia, US negotiators to begin in November, Zelensky says

    Lachlan Hyatt / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: Al-Monitor Zelenskiy says Ukrainian, Russian and US negotiators to meet in early November in Abu Dhabi, Kyiv Post Abu Dhabi Considered for Ukraine-Russia-US Talks in November

  10. Exclusive-US has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine, Middle East, sources say

    Al-Monitor /

  11. Historic monetary tightening, benign output dynamics: Rising R-stars across the Atlantic

    Mátyás Farkas / CEPR /

  12. ‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking

    Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg AI Ushers In Era of Rapid-Fire Software Vulnerabilities

  13. Growth, Value Stocks Set for Reshuffle as S&P Adopts New Rules

    Lu Wang / Bloomberg /

  14. Asia’s spending bill keeps growing but who is going to pay it?

    Mark Buckton / bne IntelliNews /

  15. Kremlin-seized German company Metro AG transfers 1 billion rubles to Russian military without approval

    Lachlan Hyatt / The Kyiv Independent /

  16. Data Centers Face Downgrade Risk Amid Local Pushback, S&P Says

    Zahra Tayeb / Bloomberg /

  17. Iran Is Now Losing Overland Trade Routes to U.S. Pressure

    Benoit Faucon / The Wall Street Journal /

  18. France's bond drama takes centre stage ahead of ECB rate decision

    Euronews /

    Also: MarketWatch France is getting its credit rating reviewed. The French debt turmoil has helped turn U.S. Treasury yields around. What comes next?, Bloomberg French Bond Risk Gauge Rises Another Week as Crisis Deepens

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Euro-Zone: Anleiheinvestoren erhöhen Druck auf Frankreich – jetzt schmiert auch noch die Wirtschaft ab (de)

  19. How surveillance crept up on us

    Planet Money /

  20. SpaceX-Tesla merger could face antitrust scrutiny

    Ashley Gold / Semafor /

    Also: Bloomberg SpaceX-Tesla Merger? | Zuckerberg's Deal | The Rundown

  21. John Healey to give £20bn boost to UK’s business lender and infrastructure bank

    Financial Times /

  22. Ukraine’s Battlefield Lessons Reshape How Bundeswehr Trains Its Combat Medics

    Kyiv Post /

  23. Good morning Vietnam: Chinese brokers eye neighbouring springboard for overseas expansion

    Yulu Ao / South China Morning Post /

  24. Why Anger About Data Centers and Energy Prices May Not Swing Votes

    Rebecca F. Elliott and Maddie McGarvey / The New York Times /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Investimento em data centers deve mais que dobrar e chegar a US$ 2,1 tri até 2028 (pt)

Earlier today

  1. Big Paydays Ahead for Anthropic's Early Backers

    Bloomberg /

  2. Ukraine Expands Satellite Cooperation With Finland as Starlink Doubts Linger

    Kyiv Post /

  3. Iran puts army on highest alert as Hormuz tanker strikes mount

    bne IntelliNews /

  4. Investors piled a record sum into a leveraged semiconductor ETF last week. Things didn’t work out.

    Christine Idzelis / MarketWatch /

  5. Civilian cargo ship sinks off coast of Romania after Russian drone strike, authorities say

    Francis Farrell / The Kyiv Independent /