| | ::"If [[oil price]]s hit $200 per barrel, the national average for [[gasoline]] could exceed $6.50–$7.00 per gallon...At $200 per barrel, over $400 billion in [[discretionary spending]] could vanish, severely impacting sectors like [[retail]], [[travel]], and [[hospitality]]...[[Oil]] at $200 per barrel could push headline [[inflation]] above 7–8%, levels not seen since the 2022 crisis...Projections indicate that $200 oil could shrink U.S. Real [[GDP]] by 1.5% to 2.5%... Industries that rely heavily on [[energy]], such as [[chemical]]s, [[plastic]]s, and [[steel]], would see their [[profit]] margins collapse." | | ::"If [[oil price]]s hit $200 per barrel, the national average for [[gasoline]] could exceed $6.50–$7.00 per gallon...At $200 per barrel, over $400 billion in [[discretionary spending]] could vanish, severely impacting sectors like [[retail]], [[travel]], and [[hospitality]]...[[Oil]] at $200 per barrel could push headline [[inflation]] above 7–8%, levels not seen since the 2022 crisis...Projections indicate that $200 oil could shrink U.S. Real [[GDP]] by 1.5% to 2.5%... Industries that rely heavily on [[energy]], such as [[chemical]]s, [[plastic]]s, and [[steel]], would see their [[profit]] margins collapse." |
| | + | :::[[Leo Hohmann]]: [https://leohohmann.substack.com/p/food-crisis-begins-supply-chain-already FOOD CRISIS BEGINS: Supply chain already being affected by US/Israel-Iran war, and guess who's ready to step in and profit with fake-meat alternative proteins?] ''[[Bill Gates\]] and the state of [[Israel]] have a plan to feed the world when [[WWIII]]-driven [[famine]] hits and people can no longer afford to buy dwindling supplies of [[meat]], [[fish]], etc.'' |
| | *[[Asia Sentinel]]: [https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/trump-administration-global-trade-war-fizzles Trump Administration’s Global Trade War Fizzles]. ''China wins out even as exports to US fall steadily.'' | | *[[Asia Sentinel]]: [https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/trump-administration-global-trade-war-fizzles Trump Administration’s Global Trade War Fizzles]. ''China wins out even as exports to US fall steadily.'' |