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Podcast | Is Mexico Violating the USMCA on Biotech Imports?
Trade in agricultural products between the U.S. and Mexico is massive: the U.S. ships nearly $20 billion in farm exports to Mexico each year. But that relationship could be in jeopardy.
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Photo: Milton Martínez/ Ministry of Culture of Mexico City.
Fuel-Price Hikes Hit Shippers, Truckers Across U.S. Economy
Soaring U.S. energy prices are hitting all modes of transport, squeezing smaller shipping lines amid already-volatile ocean rates, as well as truckers who have to contend with delays in clawing back higher costs.
Freight trucks drive on a highway. Photo: Stefan Doncean/ Pexels.
Russia Bans Export of 200 Products After Suffering Sanctions Hit
Russia announced an export ban for more than 200 products after the economy was hit by sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. It stopped short of curbing sales of energy and raw materials, the country’s biggest contribution to global trade.
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Russia’s War Puts Shipping’s Tentative Recovery in Jeopardy
Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine has the shipping industry bracing for new shocks to its labor force, which relies on experienced crew from both countries.
A gantry crane loads a shipping container filled with corn onto a cargo ship at Yuzhny Port in Yuzhny, Ukraine. Photo: Bloomberg.
U.S. Oil Production Will Cushion Price Hit to Economy, Eventually
Any increased capital spending by U.S. oil and gas producers in response to the surge in crude price should help soften the blow to the economy from an expected pullback in consumer spending. It just won’t be anytime soon.
Trucks refuel at a gas station. Photo: Getty Images.
Watch: The State of the Warehouse and Industrial Real Estate Market
Alex Cohen, chief executive officer of Liberty SBF, reviews current trends in demand for warehouse and industrial space, and how owners are acquiring financing in difficult times.
The State of the Warehouse and Industrial Real Estate Market
Can Europe Weaken Putin’s Power Over Global Energy?
The war in Ukraine has already revealed that the modern financial system can be weaponized in ways never before seen. Now the same might be true of the energy transition.
Salt mounds at a lithium mine in Jujuy, Argentina. Photo: Getty.
War in Ukraine Triggers Global Food Emergency
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means the food inflation that’s been plaguing global consumers is now tipping into a full-blown crisis, potentially outstripping even the pandemic’s blow and pushing millions more into hunger.
Wheat kernels in a field. Photo: Pexels.
Buckle Down: No Relief From Supply Chain Woes Anytime Soon
Global supply chains are unlikely to see relief from congestion, disruption, labor shortages and skyrocketing costs anytime soon.
An oil tanker is berthed at a Russian port. Photo: Getty.
Europe’s Biggest Port Is 'Extremely Worried' About War Impact
The Port of Rotterdam is a particularly sensitive economic pillar of the Netherlands.
Shipping containers sit on the deck of cargo ship One Crane, docked at the Port of Rotterdam, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Photo: Bloomberg.
War Shocks Ripple Across One of the World’s Busiest Trade Lanes
Putin’s assault on Ukraine, and retaliatory steps designed to paralyze the Russian economy, are heaping new disruptions on supply chains that never recovered from unprecedented shocks caused by the pandemic.
Empty dry docks at the Port of Odessa in Odessa, Ukraine. Photo: Andrey Sarymsakov/ Canva.
Russian Invasion Smothers Supplies From World’s Breadbasket
After years of growing increasingly reliant on cheap and abundant wheat supplies from Russia and Ukraine, the world’s grains buyers are being forced to hunt elsewhere as flows from both countries dry up.
Wheat kernels in a field. Photo: Pexels.
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