More US and China Jousting Over South China Sea
The US-China conflict over the South China Sea keeps getting hotter.
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Wall Street Journal: Why Bashing Chinese Steel Dumping Results in Bashing Allies
Why combatting Chinese steel dumping is harder than it seems.
Read more...Cryptocurrencies as Prosecution Futures: Judge Rules Manipulators Can Go to Jail
The Wild West of cryptocurrencies just got a little less fun.
Read more...Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: How WTO Retaliation Typically Works
A review of some of the permitted counter-moves under WTO rules if Trump imposes tariffs.
Read more...Is The Oil Glut Set To Return?
EA gives a downbeat forecast for oil prices in 2018.
Read more...The Shipping Industry Needs to Deliver Cleaner Cargo Ships, or We’re All Sunk
Delivering on demand for lower-emissions vessels could be the industry’s most arduous journey of all.
Read more...Hurricane Harvey Throws Global Oil Markets Into Chaos
By Nick Cunningham, a Vermont-based writer on energy and environmental issues. You can follow him on Twitter: @nickcunningham1. Originally published at OilPrice The most powerful Hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years has devastated much of the coast, and the historic flooding is now causing havoc in the energy markets. The rain is […]
Read more...The Latest Red Flag For U.S. Shale
More bad news for the shale gas industry.
Read more...The Two Capitalisms: Electric Batteries as a Case Study in US Magical Thinking vs. Chinese Vertical Integration
Electric vehicle batteries illustrate how the Chinese use control of raw materials and end markets to built vertically integrated industries.
Read more...The Slogan ‘Globalization Equals Growth’ Is Wrong
Looking at different types of globalization helps explain why it isn’t necessarily beneficial.
Read more...Only $60 Oil Can Save the Aramco IPO
The Saudis’ price expectations for their floatation of Aramco looked, ahem, ambitious from the get go. They look even more questionable now.
Read more...JP Morgan Slashes Its 2018 Oil Price Forecast By $11
After some optimism about oil prices, an unexpectedly high EIA inventory report plus “no end in sight” in shale v. OPEC has analysts rattled.
Read more...Trump’s Budget Delivers Big Oil’s Wish: Reducing Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Trump seeks to deliver on another Koch Brothers pet idea: selling off part of the strategic petroleum reserve.
Read more...Gaius Publius: The Dying Fossil Fuel Industry
The oil industry is on a downward trend, and the trajectory could be faster than most anticipate.
Read more...Why Are The Oil Markets Crashing?
Sunny predictions for oil prices in 2017 are looking a tad premature.
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