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Today’s supply chain disruptions reaffirm the importance of a multilateral trading system based on WTO rules Economic security has come to the forefront of policy discussions, as a series of ...

In the West, the longstanding tradition is that when you don’t have enough water to serve your city or state, you take it from somewhere else. Arizona followed that course in 1968, when after 40 years ...

Global arms exports rose massively between 2021 and 2025. Europe has overtaken Asia and the Middle East as the largest importer of weapons, as fear of Russia increases on the continent. The global ...

China controls 70% of rare-earth extraction and 90% of processing. U.S. 2025 rare-earth imports were 71% from China, critical for defense and energy. Investors should track U.S. efforts to boost ...

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Upcoming 50% tariffs on semi-finished and derivative copper products start August 1. Chile, Canada, and Mexico are top U.S. copper sources, potentially impacting tariffs' effects. Copper import ...

Section 232 tariffs aim to protect U.S. national security. Created by the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, Section 232 empowers the president to charge duties pending the results of a Department of ...