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Financial Brief: A Weekly Roundup on the Geopolitics of Money | Feb 24
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS
This week, legal frameworks and geopolitical threats overrode economics. Trump replaced struck-down IEEPA tariffs with Section 122 duties citing a balance-of-payments crisis economists...
Trump’s Trade Turbulence: An Analytical Timeline of Global Impact
Since taking office in January 2025, President Donald Trump has pursued a series of sweeping tariffs that have repeatedly shocked markets and created global...
EU Demands U.S. Honor Trade Deal, Rejects Tariff Hikes
The European Union has firmly demanded that the United States adhere to the terms of last year’s EU-U.S. trade agreement, following the Supreme Court...
Seoul, BrasÃlia Elevate Ties with Strategic Minerals and Trade Pact
South Korea and Brazil have agreed to significantly deepen cooperation across key minerals, trade, technology and security, as President Lee Jae Myung hosted Brazilian...
Tariff Turbulence Returns as Court Ruling Recasts U.S. Trade Landscape
Just as policymakers and businesses began to believe the worst of America’s trade-policy whiplash was behind them, a fresh jolt from the Supreme Court...
Human or Bot? Who’s Really on the Other Side?
From what one should eat to what one should say, AI chatbots on your phone have the final say. The choice of bots, though,...
The AI Revolution Is Reshaping the World. Why Isn’t Africa at the Table?
A Continent at the Edge of a New Divide
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the organizing principle of global power, yet Africa—the world’s youngest continent...
Deconstructing Dollar Dominance: Insights for a Multipolar Currency Regime
Authors: Ajay Kumar Mishra and Shraddha Rishi*
At the Davos World Economic Forum, Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, shared his thoughts on the...
Legal setback for Trump tariffs fails to ease pressure on trade partners
The U. S. Supreme Court's recent decision to invalidate many of President Donald Trump's tariffs has reduced his ability to impose tariffs quickly, but...
Breaking the Poverty Trap: AI as the Conscience of Green Development
Poverty is often reduced to income. Yet lived poverty is far more complex. It is shaped by overlapping deprivations in health, education, and living...