# EU policy could ice out closest trading partners Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/eu-policy-could-ice-out-closest-trading-partners Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/eu-policy-could-ice-out-closest-trading-partners.md Podcast: [FT News Briefing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509) Published: 2026-08-28T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing/episodes/eu-policy-could-ice-out-closest-trading-partners Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ftnewsbriefing/e/6a90b8217ee847ae72ac8df8/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/eu-policy-could-ice-out-closest-trading-partners Duration seconds: 671 ## Resource Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has replaced the chief executive at one of the country’s flagship real estate mega-projects, and global issuance of zero-interest convertible bonds is on track for a record year. Plus, the EU’s closest economic partners are worried about Brussels’ increasingly protectionist policies, and Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham sought to calm corporate nerves in an interview with the FT.  Mentioned in this podcast: Saudi Arabia shakes up flagship real estate project Zero-interest convertible bonds set for record year EU industrial push strains ties with Switzerland and Norway Andy Burnham pledges to ‘take pressure off’ business ahead of October Budget Listen to Political Fix on Apple Podcasts , Pocket Casts or Spotify . Want to get in touch? Email us at podcasts@ft.com Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts  The FT News Briefing is produced by Victoria Craig, Sonja Hutson, and Saffeya Ahmed. Our show is mixed by Sam Giovinco and Kelly Garry. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello, Peter Barber and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Flo Phillips is the FT’s global head of audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/eu-policy-could-ice-out-closest-trading-partners/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/eu-policy-could-ice-out-closest-trading-partners.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.