Tag: United States
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Venezuela Reset: The Winners, the Losers, and the Canadian Oil Shorts No One Is Talking About
With Nicolás Maduro now captured and a transitional authority moving rapidly to normalize relations with Washington, Venezuela has entered what markets recognize instantly as a regime-reset trade. For investors, this moment is not about ideology—it is about supply shocks, capital flows, and repricing risk across global energy markets. Sanctions relief, U.S. corporate re-entry, and multilateral…
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U.S. Pitches ‘Project Sunrise’ Plan to Turn Gaza Into a High-Tech Metropolis — A Bold Reconstruction Vision With Deep Investment Implications
In a striking geopolitical and economic blueprint released this week, a team led by Jared Kushner and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has pitched a sweeping plan — called “Project Sunrise” — to transform war-torn Gaza into a futuristic high-tech metropolis and economic hub. The proposal, shared with foreign governments and potential investors, outlines…
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Barings Bank: The Original Offshore House That Backed a Nation
Barings never needed palm trees, shell companies, or a brass-plated office on an island few could point to on a map. Its offshore was London—fog, coal dust, and the quiet hum of global money moving across oceans. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, when the world was slower but ambition was not, Barings Bank…
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USMCA at Risk: What a Non-Renewal Would Mean for Canada’s Economy
When the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) replaced NAFTA in 2020, Ottawa celebrated the deal as a “modernized” framework that would preserve market access and protect Canadian industries in a rapidly changing global economy. For five years, the agreement has quietly underpinned hundreds of billions in annual trade flows, stabilizing supply chains, anchoring manufacturing footprints, and…
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China Is Watching… And They’re Nervous: Offshore Investors Brace for the Great US Treasury Certificate Shake-Up
If you ever needed proof that Invest Offshore has a global audience, look no further than the very flattering fact that our readership in China has now grown to over 7,000 active users in a single month — utterly dwarfing everyone else like a sumo wrestler sitting on an office chair.According to the analytics report…
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Global LNG Capacity Is Set to Surge — But British Columbia Remains a Strategic Outlier
A historic wave of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects is reshaping the global energy landscape. By 2030, global LNG liquefaction capacity is expected to surge by nearly 50%, driven primarily by massive expansions in the United States and Qatar, alongside new developments in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. Forecasts indicate that close to 300…
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Why China Can’t Win a Trade War Against the United States
The global economy has long been defined by the uneasy yet interdependent relationship between the United States and China. But when trade tensions rise — as they have repeatedly over the past decade — it becomes clear that the United States holds strategic advantages that make it virtually impossible for China to “win” a trade…
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Alaska: America’s Quiet Tax Haven for the Financially Savvy
When most people think of U.S. tax havens, states like Florida, Texas, or Nevada often come to mind. Yet Alaska—remote, resource-rich, and remarkably independent—stands out as one of the most unique and underappreciated jurisdictions for wealth preservation in America. Its fiscal framework is designed not just for rugged survival, but for financial optimization. No State…
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Puerto Rico: Beyond “America’s Island” — A Strategic Outlook for Offshore Investors
When one thinks of Puerto Rico, often what comes to mind is a tropical island, a U.S. territory, a destination for tourism and U.S. mainland vacationers. But as the Las Vegas Sun op-ed reminds us, Puerto Rico can — and should — be considered much more than merely “America’s” annexed leisure spot. It has the…