Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Tehran’s’tollbooth’: How Iran picks who to let through Strait of Hormuz
An entirely rational approach to the Strait of Hormuz in the context of war. Read the article HERE.
International Trade
EU politics
DW – EU freezes US trade deal over tariffs uncertainty
The abomination of a trade deal agreed by Ursula Von Der Leyen last July has been constantly delayed because the goalposts keep shifting, which probably tells you that it was a very bad idea in […]
Finance
Al Jazeera – ‘Mother of all deals’: How India-EU trade deal creates $27 trillion market
An in-depth analysis, but questions remain when it comes to what this means for standards and the EU’s climate goals. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Patrick E. Shea – Donald Trump’s peace agreements are also business deals
Trump gutted America’s institutional mechanisms for ensuring trade works in the US’s favour and now relies on bilateral wheeling and dealing, which makes a splash but also comes with longer-term weaknesses. Patrick E. Shea is […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Bancor
The Keynesian idea of an international system to balance global trade surpluses and deficits between countries is a utopian fantasy. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from […]