Tariffs, Tankers, and Tight Margins

Three pressure fronts are moving at once: the U.S. and Iran are trading blows, global trade barriers are widening, and new governments on both sides of the Atlantic are running into hard limits. The practical story is cost, supply, and how much room policymakers really have left.U.S.–Iran conflict and oil riskTrump tariff expansionTariffs, inflation, and political staying powerBritain's new government meets hard fiscal limitsWashington's crowded weekAI competition shifts to open and Chinese modelsDefense supply responseSources:The Daily — More Trump Tariffs Are ComingGlobal News Podcast — Burnham becomes UK's seventh PM in a decadeWSJ What’s News — Why Retail Traders Are Over the Mag SevenGlobal News Podcast — New threat to global oil suppliesWSJ What’s News — U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Collapses as American Death Toll RisesUp First from NPR — US-Iran War Escalates, Congress To-Do List, UK Has A New Prime MinisterFT News Briefing — UK chancellor John Healey inherits tricky financesThis podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm