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Fox con is a major contract manufacturer for apple and other tech giants. tiwanese officials want to force fox kon to unwind a big investment it just made in a mainland chinese chip company. The move comes as bajing escalades threats towards tiwan it considers its own territory. President joe byden's economic package looks like it's going to pass. In corporate america isn't too happy about it. We'll get an update on russia's invasion of ukraine. And tennys legend, serena williams, is retiring.

Taiwanese national security officials want to force Apple supplier Foxconn to unwind an $800mn investment in a Chinese chip company, and corporate America is fuming over president Joe Biden’s economic package. Plus, we have a military update on the war in Ukraine, and how tennis legend Serena Williams plans to spend her retirement.

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Taiwan security officials want Foxconn to drop stake in Chinese chipmaker

Corporate America fumes over Biden’s tax and climate package

Serena Williams to retire from tennis after US Open

The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.

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