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Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Resets with the EU may improve relations, but they will never give the country the equal standing of a member state

The US’s exceptional healthcare expenditure yields second-rate results

Worries about Chinese economy and enthusiasm for HK tech stocks drive record high flows into city from mainland

London has pushed for so-called conformity assessment, but Brussels has rejected the idea

Licensing delays under new regime put at risk shipments of materials crucial for products from EVs to fighter jets

Downside risks to growth and inflation have become bigger, Belgian’s central bank governor warns

The US president wants to say he saved Hollywood — which may give the studios leverage

After his high-profile foreign tour, the president comes home to a ratings downgrade and warnings on inflation

Brussels and Washington exchange negotiating documents after weeks of deadlock

Four months after Donald Trump returned to the White House, governments are still agonising over how to approach an erratic, unpredictable American president

South American nation had been the last big producer not affected by the outbreak

Drop comes as jolt of enthusiasm among Republicans in wake of Donald Trump’s election wanes

Some US officials fear move could jeopardise trade talks with Beijing

President says Washington lacks capacity to strike deals with every nation

Also in today’s newsletter, fresh questions about Biden’s health and how Ukraine lost hundreds of millions of dollars in arms deals

Chair Johann Rupert warns price differences across regions risk pushing customers across borders for better deals

Plus inflation expectations

Also in this newsletter: EU-US trade talks ‘intensify’ as trade war truce nears half time

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s unpopular government fears concessions could prompt electoral backlash