Cargo ships and ships pass through the Bosphorus Strait, a body of water connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and the Mediterranean Sea via Istanbul, Turkey. Above, the Russian-flagged Volga River Taganrog tanker cruises through the Bosphorus Strait in October 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tankers full of Kazakh oil …
Cargo ships and ships pass through the Bosphorus Strait, a body of water connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and the Mediterranean Sea via Istanbul, Turkey. Above, the Russian-flagged Volga River Taganrog tanker cruises through the Bosphorus Strait in October 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tankers full of Kazakh oil …
The last great defender of rules-based open commerce — the European Union — is about to fall. It happens in slow motion and the impact will be painful. If the world’s largest trading bloc abandons the concept of free trade, the entire global economy will suffer. But such an outcome looks increasingly likely, as the …
Europe First: Brussels is preparing to give up its ideals of free trade Read More »
LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Pension funds and other “non-bank” financial firms hold more than $80 trillion in hidden off-balance sheet dollar debt in foreign exchange swaps, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said. ). The BIS, dubbed the central bank of central banks around the world, also said in its latest quarterly report that …
Currency swap debt is an $80 trillion global regulator, says ‘blind spot’ Read More »
Beautiful and colorful aerial view of the Mumbai skyline during twilight as seen from Currey Road on February 16, 2022 in Mumbai, India. Pratik Chorgé | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India is expected to overtake Japan and Germany to become the world’s third-largest economy, according to S&P Global and Morgan Stanley. The S&P forecast …
India could become third largest economy by 2030, overtaking Japan and Germany Read More »
Press play to listen to this article Expressed by artificial intelligence. BERLIN – It’s cold in Europe, the economy is collapsing and the natives are restless. There is only one answer: Blame America. Pointing across the Atlantic has long been a favorite diversionary tactic of European political elites when things start to get dicey on …
Press play to listen to this article Expressed by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Three years after leaving the EU to chart its own course, Britain finds itself caught between two economic behemoths in a brewing transatlantic trade war. In one corner is the United States, whose Congress passed the Biden administration’s vaunted $369 billion green …
Brexit Britain stuck in the middle as US and EU go to war over trade Read More »
Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray (L) and a pro-Brexit protester argue as they demonstrate outside Houses of Parliament in Westminster on January 08, 2019 in London, England. JackTaylor | Getty Images News | Getty Images The UK’s growth prospects are even lower than those of Germany, whose economy is particularly exposed to rising energy prices due …
Brits start thinking about Brexit again as economy slides into recession Read More »
Press play to listen to this article Expressed by artificial intelligence. The EU is in emergency mode and preparing a major subsidy campaign to prevent European industry from being wiped out by US rivals, two senior EU officials have told POLITICO. Europe faces a double hammer blow from the United States If it weren’t enough …
EU plans subsidy war chest as industry faces ‘existential’ threat from US Read More »
