Orbán and AMLO The EU must contend with Hungarian President Viktor Orbán and the U.S. must contend with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). While Orbán undermines the freedom of the press, judicial independence, and political fairness, AMLO is out to restrict imports from the U.S. and sides with the autocratic rulers of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. He announced today that he will not attend this week’s Summit of the Americas because it excludes these three rogue nations. The difference is that Russian aggression makes Orbán and Hungary more valuable to Brussels whereas Washington can simply ignore AMLO and play its own cat and mouse game on issues. IPEF Leverage T...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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