Geoeconomics
How Tariff Schedules Decide What You Pay
Every imported good gets a code, every code gets a rate, and the rate lands in your cart.
Gabriela Montoya · October 5, 2026
Geoeconomics
Coverage of economics used as statecraft: tariffs, export controls, sanctions, investment screening and industrial subsidy programs, alongside the customs and shipping data showing where trade actually moved. Written for trade lawyers, supply chain planners, sovereign analysts and researchers of international political economy.
Geoeconomics
Resource Diplomacy: How Critical Minerals Reshape Alliances
Mines, refiners and foreign ministries now negotiate as one system. The deals behind that system decide who builds batteries, chips and weapons.
Gabriela Montoya · October 2, 2026
Geoeconomics
How Export Credit Agencies Finance the World's Big Deals
When a developing country buys jets or builds a port, the lender of record is often a government — export credit is the quiet trillion-dollar layer of trade finance.
Gabriela Montoya · September 3, 2026
Geoeconomics
How Economic Sanctions Actually Work
Designations, blocked property, and secondary exposure — the instruments are legal mechanics, not rhetoric, and their enforcement record is mixed.
Gabriela Montoya · August 25, 2026
Civic
The Legal Mechanics Behind a Government Shutdown
Gabriela Montoya · August 14, 2026