How Washington Just Cut Beijing Out of Venezuela
The announcement was brief, deliberately blunt, and strategically revealing. Donald Trump declared that Venezuela would deliver between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil to...
Tag: Commodity
The Great Depression, Reloaded
President Donald Trump has managed to botch global growth again, this time in the copper market, all because he casually announced that the U.S. will...
President Trump’s Tariff Hammer Strikes Again – This Time at 50%
President Donald Trump has, once again, dusted off his favourite economic weapon: tariffs. Steel and aluminium imports now face a 50% duty, up from a...
Trump’s Secret Weapon: LNG – The Cornerstone of U.S. Geopolitical Strategy
For decades, the United States’ dependence on imported energy served as a natural leash, preventing any administration from going too far in alienating allies or...
Trump’s Colombian Blunder: A Masterclass in Alienating Allies
In a move that feels more like a knee-jerk reaction than a carefully calibrated foreign policy decision, President Trump has launched tariffs and sanctions against...
A Precarious Transition in Syria
As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flees to Moscow, leaving behind a palace ransacked by looters and streets filled with jubilant crowds in Damascus, the world...
The Transition to Clean Energy: The Big hypocrisy
It should come as no surprise that global electricity demand is skyrocketing as the world strives to electrify everything. Goodbye petrol cars, hello electric vehicles,...
Oil price toward new highs, bad news for Central Bankers
When oil surged above $90 a barrel a few days ago, observers attributed it to military tensions between Israel and Iran. However, the underlying reasons...
American producers major beneficiaries of sanctions on Russian oil
The United States is the primary beneficiary of sanctions on Russian and Venezuelan oil. American oil exports have set five new monthly records since Western...