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U.S. Plans to Hike Tariffs on EU Cars to 25% Will Hit Luxury Market the Most
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“He does have authority to do this. What’s less clear is what the U.S. issue is. Europe had needed EU-level implementation of the agreement, which delayed some implementation,...
By Rachel Ziemba
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UAE Exit from OPEC Signals Closer Alignment with U.S. Interests, Experts Say
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“The exit was a surprise in timing (at least to me), but in some ways has been brewing for some time,” wrote Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New Ameri...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S.-Gulf Trade Rose Pre-War Despite Trump Tariffs
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“U.S.-GCC trade is not really tariff-sensitive, especially U.S. exports to the GCC,” said Rachel Ziemba, a macrostrategy adviser in New York. “Whether it’s military equipment,...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Fed Holds Rates Steady, Powell to Remain on Its Board
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“Three members resisted including an easing bias, suggesting more divides in the central bank ahead,” Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Sec...
By Rachel Ziemba
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As U.S.-Iran Talks Remain ‘Stalled’, Experts Warn of ‘Long-Term Disruptions’
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“Negotiations seem stalled … and any near-term resolution seems difficult,” said Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s Hormuz Blockade Has Deepened a Historic Shipping Crisis
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“Hormuz is definitely a tool of leverage and a metric of whether Iranian responses are coordinated,” said Rachel Ziemba, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Securit...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Air War in Iran Gives Way to Crippling Stalemate in Hormuz
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“As it goes on, we could see oil prices getting higher and some stagflationary risks mounting, so this is going to weigh on global consumers,” said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct s...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent Says Gulf, Asian Allies Request Swap Lines
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“It is more likely that the ask is symbolic and one of the many ways that the UAE government has been trying to signal their commitment to the U.S., at least in national secur...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Threat to Blockade Hormuz Sets Up Risky New Showdown
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“The de-escalation window for the global economy, such as it was, is over for now,” said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a W...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Energy Prices May Take ‘Months’ to Normalise, Despite Ceasefire: Analysts
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For now, “an overhang of greater risk premium of supplies out of the Gulf means oil prices will remain higher than what they were before the attack started”, said Rachel Ziemb...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Threatens 50% Tariffs on Countries Supplying Iran with Weapons
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However, “it’s a lot more complicated to do that after IEEPA was struck down”, Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Al Jazeera....
By Rachel Ziemba
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The War’s Economic Impact Could Get Worse for Americans
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“I don’t think the U.S. will avoid it. These are global markets,” said Rachel Ziemba, a New York-based analyst who advises corporations on geopolitical risk. “Experts, even a ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Some Iranian Oil as Energy Prices SoarZiemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said she did not think the U.S would want money from oil sales to go to Iran's government - but it cou...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Qatar Says Iran Attack Caused Significant Damage at Ras Laffan Gas FacilityRachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the think tank Center for a New American Security, said the fact that Ras Laffan had already paused production meant there would be no new gl...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Temporarily Waives Century-Old Shipping Law amid Rising Fuel Costs
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Rachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the think tank Center for a New American Security, said the Jones Act waiver is designed to support that move — but it will have limited impa...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Vladimir Putin Enjoys a Huge Windfall from the Iran WarThe energy crisis is meanwhile making it harder for Western countries to tighten sanctions—a second bonus for Mr Putin. Before it, the Trump administration had seemed willing ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Iran War Exposes Fragilities in Global Critical Minerals Supply Chain“For Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the question is, how much will investing in critical minerals and the capacity to process investment … be affected by the war, and what other pr...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Iran Oil Hub Strike Raises Fears of Further Supply Upheaval“It’s Trump trying to escalate in order to de-escalate,” said Rachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “The biggest risk to oil markets, and t...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How Will the War on Iran Impact the U.S. Economy?Rising prices on the back of US-Israel strikes on Iran are adding to the economic pressure facing US consumers despite efforts by US President Donald Trump to paint the war as...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Consumers Express Dismay over Rising Gas Prices After Attack on IranSurging energy prices caused by the US-Israel war on Iran could ripple across the United States economy, heaping further strain on consumers at a time when cost-of-living issu...
By Rachel Ziemba
