Comment / Trump-Houthis deal – expect further 'rate declines...after port congestion'

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By Alessandro Pasetti

07/05/2025

You may well have read the latest news concerning Tariff Man finally turning into the President of the Unites States, who announced that the US would stop attacking Houthis in Yemen as that group has finally ’capitulated’, to borrow a few words from the BBC.

Can that be trusted?

Headlines are plentiful on the topic, including this one: ’US agrees ceasefire with Houthis in Yemen after dozens killed in airstrikes’.

With The Loadstar – and others – essentially hinting at a claim that ...

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