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Why the UK kept an Afghan immigration scheme secret

7/16/2025 • 10 min

US President Donald Trump sealed a trade deal with Indonesia and the UK had a secret plan to immigrate Afghans to Britain after a data leak. Plus, tariffs have finally hit US inflation, and climate change is driving the sale of catastrophe bonds. Mentioned in this podcast: Donald Trump announces trade deal with Indonesia Catastrophe bond sales hit record as in… Play episode

Washington weighs in on crypto
US investment banking expected to stay in the doldrums
Big Pharma markets left on a ‘patent cliff’-hanger
Global copper market weighs Trump tariff threat
BCG tries to limit Gaza work fallout
Liechtenstein's zombie-trust apocalypse
US stocks: rally or overcorrection?
The cost of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
The mad dash for trade deals
Hong Kong’s bull run leaves China in the dust
Rise of the neobank
US banks are hungry for deals
Labour MPs rebel against UK welfare reform
Why markets are unfazed by the Middle East conflict
Iran's path forward
Will the wheels come off Nato?
The US targets Iran’s nuclear programme
EU pushes a UK-style trade deal with the US
The Fed cuts US economic outlook
Trump demands that Iran surrender
What Trump’s golden share means for the Nippon deal
Inside Iran’s ‘impenetrable’ nuclear bunker
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Southern European bond markets make a comeback
Europe’s game plan for handling Trump at G7
Winners and losers of UK spending review
Trump cracks down on Los Angeles protests
Who gets to be Italian?
Swamp Notes: Trump’s big play to save steel production
Trump and Xi break the ice
Bulgaria moves into the Eurozone
Mexico’s new supreme court
Trump’s push to privatise Fannie and Freddie
South Korea plots a post-coup future
Swamp Notes: Do Republicans still care about debt?
Trump’s tariffs in legal limbo
The challenge to Delaware’s corporate dominance
Rio Tinto’s surprise CEO hunt
How Ukraine fell victim to fake arms deals
Behind the Money: GE Vernova tries to shake its parent’s problems
Swamp Notes: Trump’s next 100 days
The economic impact of Trump’s budget bill
Will Germany ban the far-right AfD?
CATL’s IPO pops in Hong Kong
A warning shot to the Treasuries market
Trump administration to roll back banking rules
Swamp Notes: Trump’s tilt to the left
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Turkey after the PKK

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