PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - May 6

Heineken is reopening 62 British pubs it had closed in recent years and will put about 40 million pounds annually into refurbishing its estate, in the latest sign that pub groups are regaining confidence as cost of living pressures ease. - ArcelorMittal has warned the British government that one of its main divisions may be forced to leave the country if an application to redevelop a commercial port in south-east England is approved this week. - The European Union is lobbying China to exclude agriculture from a series of escalating commercial disputes, calling for the "strategic sector" to be protected from trade-related tensions in the renewable energy and electric vehicle industries.