Wrong Negotiations Washington and London kick off two weeks of videoconference trade negotiations this week, hoping to reach an agreement this year. The gambit helps gives leverage to Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiations with Brussels while Mr. Trump gets to poke a finger at the Commission. If this were about economics, Washington would instead be negotiating a trade deal with Vietnam where the population is larger, younger and growing faster in terms of international trade. Instead, this is about politics rather than advancing national economic well-being.
ROO Trumps Substantial Transformation The EU and Mexico just reached agreement on a bilateral trade agreement that must now be ratified by their legislatures. That will be diff...
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...
