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Donald Trump

Tariff Reboot

President Donald Trump’s trade policy has acquired a second life. After the US Supreme Court curtailed key elements of the architecture that defined much of his economic agenda, the White House has returned with a familiar instrument wrapped in a different justification.

Opportunities beckon

The US-Israel-Iran war has brought our vulnerabilities into sharp focus; on one side is the US led by Donald Trump, who does not respect any middle ground ~ even a stray comment invites the danger of being ‘tariffed’ ~ and on the other side is Iran, which controls the Straits of Hormuz, a passageway for most of our oil and gas.