Special webinar – Taking stock: Trump policies and their impact on global oil trade and shipping - Vortexa

Special webinar – Taking stock: Trump policies and their impact on global oil trade and shipping - Vortexa

Special webinar – Taking stock: Trump policies and their impact on global oil trade and shipping

Special webinar – Taking stock: Trump policies and their impact on global oil trade and shipping

In-depth coverage of the potential and observed ramifications of recent US policies on the global crude, products, and shipping market.

03 June, 2025

Vortexa Analysts

Focus points:

US trade policies – tariffs & licences: Canada and Mexico; Chinese retaliatory tariffs; export licences for ethane & butane
Shipping: OFAC sanctions on specific vessels and Chinese infrastructure; US Trade Representative’s (USTR) port fees on China-built and China-operated vessels & looming SHIPS for America Act
Geopolitics: US approach towards Russia-Ukraine war, playing hardball with Venezuela, Yemen & effects on Bab-el-Mandeb transit, Iran policy
US domestic policies affecting GDP & oil demand outlook

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