Trade deadlines and oil drama set the stage for a crunch week in global markets
Why does this specific date matter? It's the deadline for trade negotiations between the U.S. and European Union before the tariffs axe (maybe) falls once again.
But President Donald Trump's tendency to move deadlines makes it tricky to commit to a big coverage plan when the date could become redundant. However — as we saw with the surprise framework agreed between the U.S. and China in Geneva back in April — you also can't afford to underplay the deadlines' significance.
What we do know is that a full trade deal is "impossible" before the deadline, in the words of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and that the best Brussels can hope for is an "agreement in principle."
As CNBC anchor Silvia Amaro reported last week, the EU is banking on at least a bare-bones deal to show progress and avoid the 50% levy on products exported from the bloc.
We should get some clues from Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday, as European finance ministers gather for their regular meeting in Brussels.
Another assignment that is much more definitive: the OPEC Seminar. The circus rolls back into Vienna as the oil producers' International Seminar takes place at the city's grand Hofburg Palace on Wednesday and Thursday. The meeting offers delegates two days of discussion and analysis on energy security and investment.
It's a far cry from the days of the OPEC media scrum at the concrete headquarters on the other side of the Austrian capital. As a junior producer, I was lucky enough to cover OPEC with CNBC Anchor Steve Sedgwick. Before Covid, these manic biannual meetings saw journalists fight for soundbites from the world's most influential OPEC ministers. In those days, the scrum was affectionately known by a much less polite term…
OPEC+ members — a wider group that includes non-OPEC oil producers, including Russia — meet this weekend to decide on another (highly anticipated) output hike amid a volatile month for crude prices.
At the Seminar, ministers will also be joined by the CEOs of some of the world's largest energy companies, including BP and Shell. CEOs Murray Auchincloss and Wael Sawan will be the center of attention as market watchers and journalists alike look for any clues that a much-denied takeover could still be in the cards.
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