Will Cunliffe
Research Analyst, Flux
Old habits die hard
The talk is in Davos this week, but pay close attention to VLCCs as Dubai remains weak. Meanwhile, China imports record Russian LNG.
The talk is in Davos this week, but pay close attention to VLCCs as Dubai remains weak. Meanwhile, China imports record Russian LNG.
Trump did it again folks – it’s TACO time! He started 2026 with a bang – quite literally – but the man will soon enter his 80’s and old habits die hard. Trump said yesterday evening that he won’t impose Greenland-related tariffs on February 1. Instead, Trump is focused on his great “Board of Peace” with lots of big names being thrown around, but interestingly, countries like France, Germany, UK and Norway – who would have been hit with those tariffs in February – have rejected the invite…
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