Today's excellent Trade Secrets, this week by the great [@mjruehl.bsky.social](
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Mercedes Ruehl (@mjruehl.bsky.social)
Switzerland and Austria correspondent for @financialtimes.com based in Zurich, via Singapore and Hong Kong. ft.com/mercedes-ruehl Get in touch: Mer...
 ). Switzerland's not done much wrong but got clobbered by Trump's tariffs & can't just buy him off. Moral: don't be a small rich democracy which plays by the rules. First 300 clicks free. I'll be back in the seat next week. [Trump chill blows through Swis...](https://on.ft.com/4mBGN5h )
I had to find out who Sydney Sweeney was in order to have no view on her, and I now resent that expenditure of time and effort. https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mymiyz3x72kdfeb5nfmrk5my&cid=bafkreifkbgvldm5w2ondl2u3dqz54tv3lsg2tnrooefxruccrybxfzddmu
This week’s Trade Secrets newsletter, by the great [@alicemhancock.bsky.social](
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Alice Hancock (@alicemhancock.bsky.social)
Financial Times journalist in Brussels EU climate / energy / industry / agriculture / transport Views own. Email alice.hancock@ft.com
 ): it’s not just that the EU-US tariff “deal” is bad: it’s that it’s unclear what the deal is and may remain so. [on.ft.com/41sxXyF](https://on.ft.com/41sxXyF ) https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mymiyz3x72kdfeb5nfmrk5my&cid=bafkreiejy4c5k4tqsjdj2xjvndp4qaqim3wihlksk6jagwk5vllwrzifhi
There’s always one utterly duff card in every edition of Top Trumps, and in the Chester Zoo one it’s the two-toed sloth. Small, thick, no fun, shags with abandon and even weak on the entirely made-up Top Trumps Rating. Shame because I’m a fan of sloths in real life, but this is rubbish. https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mymiyz3x72kdfeb5nfmrk5my&cid=bafkreifbtrwajtvucmbsydc6yn6tuurfxevsweznrufsxoyzuetvkdomkq
Every year I think oh great, am looking forward to being in Edinburgh during the Fringe, now to book some tickets, and then I remember what the Fringe website is like and I want to stay in bed for all of August.
My Trade Secrets today. The supposed tariff deals governments have made with Trump, including the EU’s rather humiliating climbdown, will if anything only embolden him to demand more. Isn’t that a cheering prospect? [on.ft.com/4mjwB1u](https://on.ft.com/4mjwB1u ) https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mymiyz3x72kdfeb5nfmrk5my&cid=bafkreidru53q6klsvuu7337huigk7liivcxvek3y652v6nemltrgu24kwq
Fair enough, Carrie Bradshaw is an exception. I don't really live trade the way she lives her subject matter tbf. I mean, no one does. RE:
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Christian Kündig (@christian.kuendig.info)
l was about to say Superman, but I guess he’s actually a reporter? Carrie Bradshaw it is!
Hello, I am a newspaper columnist in a film. Actually no one puts newspaper columnists and films, and rightly so. Even huge lashings of dramatic licence couldn't make it interesting. RE:
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Paul Bernal (@paulbernal.bsky.social)
Hello, I am a law professor in a film. My office is the size of a ballroom, panelled in ancient oak. My desk is teak, with a leather top, and has n...
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Without bothering to read this I'm going to go ahead and conclude that Minchin should have stayed within the confines of comedy, which is something he can do pretty well. RE:
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The Independent (@the-independent.com)
Tim Minchin talks to Mark Beaumont about escaping the confines of comedy, his new album and revisiting his early songs, plus why he hopes artists w...