FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP)

@FDD's CEFP focuses on U.S. leverage of economic & financial power to achieve national security objectives.

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @Reuters
Mexico’s government has reiterated its ​support to extend the ‌U.S.-Mexico Canada (USMCA) trade agreement for 16 years, Economy Minister ​Marcelo Ebrard said on ​Tuesday, as talks are ⁠underway to renew the ​regional free trade pact.
https://t.co/r8oHHxYoLr

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @WSJ
There are signs of economic weakness in Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, arguing this reflects policy decisions made since he came to power that have been aimed at rewiring the economy to deal with U.S. tariffs.
https://t.co/e1tM7TN3xk

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

China Introduces New Outbound Investment Laws To Prevent U.S. Decoupling

@JackBurnham802 and @SusanSoh827 discuss:
https://t.co/HCdytEhema

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @business
The European Union is gearing up to warn its citizens and companies about a potential trade war with China as the bloc starts weighing new restrictive measures against Beijing aimed at resetting an imbalanced economic relationship.
https://t.co/jaAh4cyQNK

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @AP
Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, as the Russian city hosted an annual international economic forum promoted by President Vladimir Putin.
https://t.co/FHlN8lkH92

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @business
France’s navy boarded another oil tanker on the high seas after it sailed from Russia, the latest move in a global crackdown on shadow-fleet vessels used to export sanctioned crude.
https://t.co/eA0RI22y42

[Max Meizlish @maxmeizlish]

As @AhmadA_Sharawi and I wrote in the @nypost, “Oman’s historical ties with the United States cannot excuse its support for the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism — and Trump doesn’t need explosives to make that point. He just needs to show that ‘economic fury’ is what’s in store for both the terror regime in Tehran and all who facilitate its aggression.”

https://t.co/i9EMd73Q1D

[Max Meizlish @maxmeizlish]

Today's sanctions against Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin, and Ramzinex target the Iranian digital asset exchanges responsible for at least 72% of all Iranian digital asset inflows in 2025.

Remember that much of the crypto going into Iran has flowed through Binance over the years. With the specific sanctions on these Iranian exchanges, Binance's secondary sanctions exposure has grown considerably.

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @Reuters
The ​United States ‌issued new ​counter-terrorism ​sanctions ​targeting Iranian ​individuals and entities, ​among ​others, a ‌notice ⁠on the Treasury ​Department ​website ⁠showed.
https://t.co/C9rfLqbh5O

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @WSJ
SoftBank Group is promising to spend at least $52B on building a network of massive data centers in France, helping advance Europe’s goal of tech independence with what would be the continent’s largest artificial-intelligence infrastructure project.
https://t.co/ujgDNTsE4C

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @AP
Russia’s intelligence agencies have grown more aggressive in their efforts to steal Western technology and defense secrets as sanctions squeeze the country’s wartime economy, three senior European intelligence officials told The Associated Press.
https://t.co/SDbS749NZ5

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

Commerce Department Admits Failure To Enforce AI Export Controls on China

New Polic Brief from @JackBurnham802:
https://t.co/nxFPTgUvQI

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @Reuters
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said his economic reforms stabilised the country and revived investor confidence, despite a ​steep cost-of-living squeeze on households three years into his presidency.https://t.co/0WjZcJdzzz

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @Reuters
The heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, ​World Bank and World Trade Organization warned ‌that the war in the Middle East was straining global energy supplies and hitting vulnerable economies hardest.
https://t.co/u0Msl3tOIy

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @business
Turkey’s economy cooled in the first quarter of this year as the central bank moved to tighten monetary policy to deter risks related to the Iran war.
https://t.co/TEvcIey2O4

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

📰 via @Reuters
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa held a phone call with U.S. ​President Donald Trump in which they discussed supporting ‌the Syrian economy and the latest regional developments, the Syrian presidency said on Sunday.
https://t.co/3C8GG0yc7e

[National Interest @TheNatlInterest]

Daniel Swift of @FDD_CEFP and @themariamwahba outline why the US should pay more attention to the war in Mali: https://t.co/Q9vViIGuaw

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

How double-dealing Oman threatens Trump’s Mideast peace

@AhmadA_Sharawi and @maxmeizlish in @nypost:
https://t.co/9hxnlmTSvq

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

A Troubling Precedent from Seoul

FDD's Nathan Picarsic in @defenseopinion: https://t.co/Wbt2qZtF10

[FDD’s Center on Economic & Financial Power (CEFP) @FDD_CEFP]

The more Syria continues to rely on Russia in key military, economic, and energy sectors, the more difficult it may become for the White House to defend a sanctions relief policy that it justified as a pathway toward bringing Syria closer to Western interests—@AhmadA_Sharawi: https://t.co/eE0FyVHb8t