Regional News As noted everywhere, the biggest news in European regional grain markets this week is the end of the Black Sea grain export initiative and Russia’s subsequent aggressive attacks on Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. The attacks, combined with insurers declaring the area a “war zone” and pulling coverage have quenched any hopes that Ukraine could use these ports in the near-term to ship agricultural products. Now, Ukraine is faced with two export routes, via the Danube River down to Romania or via rail into western Europe. Even exports through the Danube seem questionable given a Reuters report this morning that grain storage warehouses were hit overnight in the port of Reni on the Danube. Milling...
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What You Need to Know Today: Iran says its definition of the Strait of Hormuz is now a “vast operation area” that stretches from Jask to Siri Island. The White House said President Trump did not sign a suspension of the TRQs on beef imports but is “finalizing potential...
If the media headlines and Trump critics are to be believed, President Trump is headed to Beijing this Thursday in a weakened position. China is in control, it has the upper hand, and expectations are very low. These are the same critics that argue against overly simplistic zero-sum analyses in...
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Weighing in on strategic realignment
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