Lucy Please No One In the cartoon Charlie Brown, Lucy would always remove the football just before Charlie Brown tried to kick it. In the case of EV vehicles, President Biden is Lucy as trading partners expected him to open up EV tax credits to them, but Treasury’s regulatory notice today did not. This is different than the battery minerals component but Europe and Japan no doubt see this as a raid on their manufacturing base. President Biden has announced that labor unions are essential to democracy and the United Autoworkers Union is amongst his biggest supporters. The announcement was not so much a surprise as a disappointment. Meanwhile, Republicans on Capitol Hill are saying the EV tax credits are unconstitutional. In short, no...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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