Iran Starts Bitcoin-Backed Ship Insurance for Hormuz Strait May 19, 2026 By Golnar Motevalli Iran has started a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for Iranian shipping companies that want to transit the Strait of Hormuz, the...
US to Adopt 25% Car Levy ‘Soon’ Unless EU Clears Trade Deal May 6, 2026 By Jorge Valero and Oliver Crook The potential car tariffs have brought long-standing transatlantic trade tensions to a head.
Berkshire, Cyber Risk and the Strait of Hormuz: Insurability Hinges on Price May 5, 2026 By Susanne Sclafane During the recent Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, CEO Greg Abel told shareholders that the conglomerate’s decisions on investments and acquisitions...
Trump Says US to Start Guiding Trapped Ships Through Hormuz May 4, 2026 By María Paula Mijares Torres Hundreds of tankers, bulk carriers and cargo ships are still languishing in the Gulf, and countries in the region have...
Iran Delivers New Proposal to US as Hormuz Remains Shut May 1, 2026 By Patrick Sykes and Eltaf Najafizada The fate of the Strait of Hormuz—through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and LNG flowed before the...
Carmakers Bank on $2.3B in Future Tariff Refunds April 30, 2026 By Mike Colias and Nora Eckert Some automakers this week got a first-quarter profit boost—at least on paper—from future refunds of tariff payments they made to...
California Jet Fuel Woes Deepen as Asia Flows Hit Decade Low April 29, 2026 By Will Kubzansky Jet fuel exports from Asia to California are at the lowest point in at least a decade, adding another pressure...
Hormuz Traffic at Standstill After Iran Abruptly Ends Reopening April 20, 2026 By Weilun Soon Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is at a virtual standstill on Monday after a brief and confused reopening...
US Weighs Tougher Auto Import Rules to Accelerate Reshoring April 20, 2026 By Gonzalo Soto, David Welch and Gabrielle Coppola The Trump administration is considering potential changes to North American trade rules that would raise tariff costs on U.S. automobile...
Iran Says Hormuz Strait Now Completely Open for Commercial Ships April 17, 2026 By Paul Wallace Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz is now "completely open" for commercial traffic, a big step toward ending a...