Audio Essays: Budapest Beanfest, Blessed are the Chipmakers
This week: two audio essays.
Peace is coming to Budapest… whether you believe it or not. So says Philip Pilkington, our man on the ground.
The show may be paused, but that doesn’t change the fundamentals: Trump and Putin need a meeting; they need a venue; the Russian President can’t be arrested on sight. And Hungary’s nous in positioning itself as a true neutral makes it the ideal venue. He talks through the implications of the next phase of bargaining.
Meanwhile, from the front pages to the middle of the paper: Andrew Collingwood says that we’re missing a really big story on Nexperia. The…
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