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Sanctions have become more effective since 9/11, as a fundamental shift in regulatory behaviour provided the U.S. with much more information on financial transactions. By using this power so widely Trump threatens the continued data-sharing necessary to combat...

Trump Tax Plan: markets were unsure how to react to the White House’s announcement as it was long on ambition and short on details. Mnuchin and others cautioned about the likely length of negotiations. The New York Times reported that the Republicans are likely...

Trump Fires Comey: the president exercised his right to remove the FBI Director, regardless of his 10-year term. Democrats rather cynically used this as a major concern, regardless of their efforts to undermine Comey. Republicans have, so far, stood firm against the...

Never Ending Story: the multi-year, rolling corruption probes into the political class in Brazil came closer to claiming the position of a second president when a tape surfaced purporting to show Temer actively condoned payments made by meatpacking group JBS. He...

Trump and Jared: after a somewhat successful first overseas trip the US news cycle refocused on the ongoing Russia investigation. The first son-in-law is reportedly being looked at by various agencies after he was supposed to have discussed, during the transition, the...

Qatari Crisis: Saudi Arabia, UAE and other Sunni states severed diplomatic and transport links with Qatar as a rumbling argument escalated. The UAE accused Qatar of spreading Al-Qaeda’s ideology through its media and harbouring wanted extremists. Bahrain accused...