International Trade

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What Are Critical Minerals and Why Nations Fight Over Them Economy

What Are Critical Minerals and Why Nations Fight Over Them

Critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, yet their dangerously concentr...

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Spain in the Storm: Trump, the Embargo, and NATO Economy

Spain in the Storm: Trump, the Embargo, and NATO

Donald Trump threatened to cut off all trade with Spain after Sánchez refused to cede military bases for attacks against Iran. German Chancellor Merz...

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Oil Tops $100 as Iran Shuts the World's Oil Chokepoint Economy

Oil Tops $100 as Iran Shuts the World's Oil Chokepoint

Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent Brent crude surging past $100 a barrel, triggering the IEA's largest-ever emergency reserve release of...

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IEA Releases Record 400M Barrels to Offset Hormuz Shutdown Economy

IEA Releases Record 400M Barrels to Offset Hormuz Shutdown

The International Energy Agency has authorized the largest emergency oil reserve release in its 50-year history — 400 million barrels from 32 member n...

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How Marine War Risk Insurance Works Economy

How Marine War Risk Insurance Works

When conflict erupts near vital shipping lanes, a specialised layer of insurance — war risk coverage — determines whether goods keep moving or global...

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What Is De-Dollarization and How It Works Economy

What Is De-Dollarization and How It Works

De-dollarization is the global push to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar in trade and finance. Here's how the dollar rose to dominance—and why countr...

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What Is Diplomatic Immunity and How Does It Work? Economy

What Is Diplomatic Immunity and How Does It Work?

Diplomatic immunity shields foreign envoys from arrest and prosecution in host countries — a legal concept older than the nation-state itself. Here is...

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China's 15th Five-Year Plan: Tech Sovereignty to 2030 Economy

China's 15th Five-Year Plan: Tech Sovereignty to 2030

At the 2026 National People's Congress, China formally adopted its 15th Five-Year Plan, a sweeping blueprint prioritizing AI, quantum computing, semic...

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USMCA at a Crossroads: North America's Trade Future Economy

USMCA at a Crossroads: North America's Trade Future

The United States, Mexico, and Canada face a July 1, 2026 deadline to renew the USMCA trade deal, with the Trump administration pushing for stricter r...

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Economy

Oil Hits $119 as Iran War Triggers Global Recession Fear

Crude oil surged to its highest level since 2022 on day ten of the US-Israel war against Iran, as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed and...

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What Is Coltan and Why It's in Every Smartphone Technology

What Is Coltan and Why It's in Every Smartphone

Coltan is a rare mineral found largely in the Democratic Republic of Congo that is refined into tantalum — a critical component inside nearly every mo...

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How Strategic Petroleum Reserves Work Economy

How Strategic Petroleum Reserves Work

When oil markets spiral out of control, governments reach for a powerful emergency tool: strategic petroleum reserves. Here is how these vast undergro...

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