Letter: The false comfort of one-size-fits-all child safety measures
From Marcin Kleczynski, Founder and CEO, Malwarebytes, Santa Clara, CA, US
Letter: It takes a Soviet citizen to make case for democracy
From Anna Stupnytska, Cambridge, UK
Letter: Why this could be worse than the 1970s oil crisis
From Willem Thorbecke, Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo, Japan
Letter: How world trade avoids America’s wrecking ball
From Ujal Singh Bhatia, Former Ambassador of India to the WTO; Former Chairman of WTO Appellate Body, Delhi, India
Letter: Commercial licensing and copyright is the way to go
From Dan Conway, Chief Executive, The Publishers Association, London SE1, UK
Letter: Don’t throw diversity baby out with the DEI bathwater
From Mark W Griffin, Retired Chief Risk Officer, Pound Ridge, NY, US
Letter: Checks and balances?
From Max Likin, Seattle, WA, US
Letter: A Mancunian’s view of Greens’ by-election victory
From Peter Hardwick, Hardwicks Manchester, Manchester, UK
Letter: Napoleon insisted on being ‘Emperor of the French’
From Ted Gaffney, Waterford, CT, US
Nike shares tumble on unexpected forecast for sales decline
Sportswear group’s softer than anticipated outlook stirs concerns about multiyear turnaround plan
Trump unveils plans for his presidential library
‘Books? What books?’
FT Crossword: Number 18,333
Trump says US to end war in Iran within ‘2 to 3 weeks’
US president says he is prepared to withdraw from conflict ‘whether we have a deal or not’
Judge halts construction of Trump’s $400mn White House ballroom
First major setback for 90,000 sq ft white and gold project since East Wing was demolished in October
UK minimum wage rise has not led to economy-wide impact on jobs, analysis says
Finding by Low Pay Commission comes despite business warning that they are cutting entry-level positions
Middle East war as it happened day 32: Donald Trump says US to end Iran conflict within ‘2 to 3 weeks’, American stocks post best day in 10 months
US president says he is prepared to withdraw from conflict ‘whether we have a deal or not’
FirstFT: Japan deploys first long-range missiles in break with pacifist stance
Also in today’s newsletter: Huawei comeback loses pace, and IndiGo appoints Willie Walsh as CEO
Israel to ‘demolish’ all houses in Lebanese border villages
Defence minister Israel Katz plans ‘security control’ of area stretching dozens of kilometres into neighbour’s territory
Iran war gives Chinese exporters chance to grab global market share
Ample oil reserves and renewables growth make manufacturing sector more resilient than rivals
Transcript: Is this social media’s tobacco moment?
Katie Martin speaks to Robert Armstrong and Hannah Murphy
UK submarine captain steps down after link to Chinese spy case
Navy previously conducted investigation into senior officer to examine potential blackmail risk
Oil soars 60% in March as Middle East crisis chokes energy supplies
Tehran’s closure of Strait of Hormuz in response to US-Israeli strikes sparks biggest crude rally in decades
OpenAI raises $3bn from retail investors as part of record funding haul
ChatGPT maker taps individuals for first time as it pulls in up to $122bn
Is this social media's tobacco moment?
The judgment against Meta and Google