2 November 2025 Potus 47 now has returned from his Asian visit: unsurprisingly using superlatives to describe the trade agreements reached with Japan, Korea, and China. Upon taking office, Mr. Trump pledged to impose high tariffs against countries with large bilateral trade imbalances, espcially those conducting "unfair" trade practices with the USA. Potus 47 now [...]
3 February 2025 Until now, financial markets have adopted a complacent "wait and see" approach when considering the prospects for the Trump 2.0 trade policy. However, the hope the new Administration's bark would be worse than its bite has been dashed with the imposition of high tariffs on the nation's three largest trading partners. Markets [...]
28 January 2024 At last year's BRICS Summit in South Africa, national leaders were all smiles; ushering in what they believe will be a more influential era for the Global South. Emerging market investors, on the other hand, have had little to celebrate, as EM markets have dramatically underperformed during the past 15 years -- [...]
14 May 2021 Latin America accounts annually for only 5% of global carbon dioxide emissions. And, Mexico and Brazil alone are responsible for over 50% of the region's pollution. Moreover, while Latam's GHGs have risen 25% since 2005, emissions in many key countries have been declining since 2014. Likewise, CO2 per capita levels are comparatively [...]