“Were President Trump's comments about possible talks with Iran merely a ploy to calm the markets which have been in chaos since war began? If that was his aim, it doesn't seem to have worked.”
Alex Ritson
6:23Trump's claim of "major progress" toward an Iran peace deal is contradicted by facts on the ground: strikes on Iranian gas facilities continue, Iran denies any negotiations took place, and Brent crude has climbed back above $100 a barrel after briefly dipping on his announcement. Hundreds of millions of dollars in oil futures were placed just 15 minutes before Trump's social media post — a suspicious pattern now drawing scrutiny from financial regulators. The episode maps the war's cascading economic damage across industries and borders, from the Philippines declaring a national energy emergency to Kenyan flower farms losing $30,000 a day per farm, making it essential listening for any professional tracking geopolitical risk, energy markets, or global supply chain exposure.
Alex Ritson introduces the Global News podcast, presenting top stories including rumored US-Iran peace talks, US designs on Greenland, and the US government's payment to Total Energies to abandon wind farm projects.
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