Financial Brief: A Weekly Roundup on the Geopolitics of Money | Jan 20
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS Markets this week revealed fragility beneath calm. The IMF upgraded growth as AI investment masked tariff…
Air, land and sea join forces as Manitoba launches Arctic trade corridor plans
Manitoba wants to make itself a go-to name for Arctic trade. Major shipping players in the province want…
Türkiye’s medium-high, high-tech exports exceed $112B in 2025
Türkiye’s exports of medium-high and high-technology products topped $112 billion in 2025, the Trade Ministry said on Friday,…
Why the world has started stockpiling food again – The Irish Times
In the early 18th century, Finland was familiar with the fear of hunger. A famine fuelled by an…
Musk and Ryanair’s O’Leary trade insults in Starlink Wi-Fi row – POLITICO
Musk fired back on X, writing: “Ryanair CEO is an utter idiot. Fire him.” In a follow-up post,…
Greek rice growers fear Mercosur deal will price them out of business
Piles of harvested rice of the Chalastra Rice Producers Agricultural Cooperative are seen inside the cooperative’s warehouses in…
India’s exports to China surge in December, shipments to U.S. decline
Aerial view of cargo ship and cargo container in harbor. Adoff 01 / 500px | 500px | Getty…
Why cross-Border trade has leapt fourfold since Brexit – The Irish Times
Looking back over the five years since Liscarroll Engineering began selling in Northern Ireland, Sean McGowan reflects on…
MCGUIRK: Farmers have the IFA to blame for Mercosur
In a previous life, yours truly worked on the campaign to defeat the Lisbon Treaty, all the way…
US trade gap contracts to over 16-year low on falling imports
The U.S. trade deficit plummeted to its lowest level since mid-2009, a sharp and unexpected pullback fueled by…
Pro-Palestinian activists pressure UK nursing union over investment policy – POLITICO
A spokesperson for the RCN declined to say which companies were in its portfolio when contacted by POLITICO.…
Italy leans toward getting Mercosur deal done – POLITICO
Yet they stopped short of saying outright that Italy would vote in favor of the deal. Instead, within…