FT's Markets Editor, Katie Martin

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The US has managed to get absolutely ahead of this process without spending two years like the Europeans did discussing what green energy really is. The Americans are just like, here it is, and thrown money at the situation. So how is this playing out in Davos? What are the Europeans saying? Are they still complaining about the inflation reduction act?

The US is set to hit the debt ceiling today and Microsoft plans to cut 10,000 jobs to bring down costs. Plus, the FT’s Katie Martin reports from Davos on the tense relations between the US and Europe over America’s new expensive green subsidies law.

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