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Economic Losses Mount as Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Grows
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“Significant reconstruction will likely be necessary, and this will likely require foreign support, including from the US, regional actors, and international financial institu...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Oil Falls After Us-Iran Deal Progress, Sanctions Waiver
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The waivers, which were promised in the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, don’t necessarily boost widespread expectations for more supplies and lower prices...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Why the U.S.-Iran Framework Keeps Sanctions Architecture Alive
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Rachel Ziemba, founder of US-based geopolitical risk firm Ziemba Insights and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, expects Washington to rely on wa...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Targets Brazil With New Tariffs Over Trade Practices
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“They are the first of many new tariffs to replace the IEPPA national security tariffs. The period of public comment will allow for potential modest tweaks and exemptions. Ult...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Oil Slides as Ships Move Toward Hormuz
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A framework deal for talks between the U.S. and Iran “reduces the risk of escalation and increases the chance the conflict would be over, which could start the path to rebuild...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Rare Earth Ambitions Take Big Step Forward in Greenland
“It's undeniable that the U.S. government and many other governments around the world, including in the Gulf, have woken up to the importance of developing critical mineral su...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Says He Will Suspend Petrol Tax amid Soaring U.S. Fuel Prices
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“I anticipate it would pass, but there could be a procedural delay. It also suggests that President Trump doesn’t see a quick end to the reduced volumes and is trying to cushi...
By Rachel Ziemba
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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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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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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. 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
