(June 25, 2017) —
As the US, Mexico and Canada get ready to begin talks on the re-negotiation of NAFTA – possibly as early as August – governments are giving a lot of attention to one particular product: sugar. The outcome will predictably be a sweet deal for the US sugar industry, quite the opposite of Trump promises to “drain the swamp” of disproportionate influence in Washington by special interests.
Category Archives: emerging markets
The Fed, China and Oil
(1/1/2016) My answers to three questions at the start of 2016 (from Chosun Ilbo, leading Korean newspaper):
Gas Taxes and Oil Subsidies: Time for Reform
(8/10/2015) World oil prices have been highly volatile during the last decade. Over the past year they have fallen more than 50%.
Should we root for prices to go up, down, or stay the same?