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Trump’s 2027 minerals deadline runs into US supply reality
Trump’s plan to end US reliance on Chinese critical minerals faces challenges
THIS MORNING: Reports circle of EGA selling off alumina stock + of a Trump-linked defense firm selling systems to UAE
Oxford Economics also have a sobering prediction for the GCC’s GDP
Dar + Trump partner to develop and tokenize hotel in Maldives
Plus: Aster to build two new hospitals with AED 265 mn in financing from Emirates Development Bank
China tightens control on rare-earth minerals
The US is directly affected as it sources 70% of its rare-earths exports from China
Trump’s battle with the Fed could reshape financial markets for years to come
The markets “are not properly priced for what increasingly seems likely to be a rupture in Fed independence,” Evercore ISI…
US trade policy grinds down global corporate investment
Meanwhile, Wall Street neared record highs due to “euphoric” conditions
THIS MORNING: UAE rescues 22 people aboard a commercial vessel hit by Houthi attacks in the Red Sea
Plus: Brics countries eye intra-Brics tourism agreement
Rising US job openings + Senate passing “big beautiful bill” help buoy USD
The USD index had its worst 1H since 1973
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