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Secondary Sanctions Costs: VTB and Crypto Bans Hit Trade
September 15, 2026 Secondary Sanctions Costs: VTB and Crypto Bans Hit Trade Cross-border compliance is becoming more expensive for multinational companies and regional trade financiers exposed to Russia-linked settlement routes. Western regulatory pressure is not simply... Read More
Secondary Sanctions Reshape China-Russia Trade Payments
September 14, 2026 Secondary Sanctions Reshape China-Russia Trade Payments The expansion of U.S. secondary sanctions is fundamentally altering the financial clearing architecture that supports China-Russia commerce. Mainstream coverage often presents a binary narrative,... Read More
Suez Canal Shipping Rates 2026: The Reopening Illusion
September 13, 2026 Suez Canal Shipping Rates 2026: The Reopening Illusion Are global container lines structurally reopening the Suez Canal corridor, and will the late-summer 2026 surge in Red Sea transits trigger an immediate freight rate collapse across Asia-Europe trade... Read More
Critical Mineral Refining Margins Face Policy Hurdles
September 12, 2026 Critical Mineral Refining Margins Face Policy Hurdles Western industrial policies designed to secure critical mineral supply chains are colliding with the economic realities of midstream processing. While legislation targets raw material independence,... Read More
China Rare Earth Export Controls Hit Defense Supply Chains
September 11, 2026 China Rare Earth Export Controls Hit Defense Supply Chains As the November 10, 2026 expiration of the Busan truce approaches, Western defense contractors, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, and semiconductor suppliers are navigating the escalating impact... Read More
Critical Minerals Supply Risks: China's Refining Monopoly
September 10, 2026 Critical Minerals Supply Risks: China’s Refining Monopoly Western industrial policies aimed at mitigating critical minerals supply chain risks are heavily focused on raw extraction, but the actual bottleneck lies further downstream. While diplomatic... Read More
China Critical Mineral Halts: The Compliance Trap
September 9, 2026 China Critical Mineral Halts: The Compliance Trap Downstream aerospace, defense, and electronics manufacturers are navigating a sudden disruption. In late 2026, U.S.-bound shipments of Chinese rare-earth and critical minerals experienced abrupt... Read More
Dual-Use Mineral Export Controls: The Compliance Trap
September 7, 2026 Dual-Use Mineral Export Controls: The Compliance Trap Beijing’s recent dual-use mineral export controls have not triggered the absolute physical embargo that many market observers initially feared. Instead, the restrictions have bifurcated the global... Read More
Critical Mineral Supply Chains Face Refining Bottlenecks
September 3, 2026 Critical Mineral Supply Chains Face Refining Bottlenecks Western clean-energy and defense manufacturers still face a structural supply-chain and margin challenge: recent subsidies and bilateral agreements show policy intent, but the evidence in the current... Read More
EU Russian LNG Ban 2027: Winter Supply & Price Risks
September 2, 2026 EU Russian LNG Ban 2027: Winter Supply & Price Risks The European Union is moving toward a phaseout of Russian liquefied natural gas, with the policy framework described by the European Commission pointing to a cutoff by the start of 2027 and to... Read More
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