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World · Explainer
Every September, world leaders take turns at the same podium in New York. Here's what the General Assembly actually does, how its famous week of speeches works, and why it rarely changes anything on its own.
BriefLookout · 24 Sep 2026 · 2 min read
Washington put 50% on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods. Ottawa's answer matches it. François-Philippe Champagne's words are "dollar for dollar, rate for rate" with the same three rate bands applied to roughly 700 American products from 8 September. The design tells you more than the size does: a mirror is built to be taken down.
BriefLookout · 25 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
World · Demonstration
A narrow strait carrying a tenth of global container traffic is now subject to three overlapping inspection regimes, all introduced within the same nine days.
BriefLookout · 10 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
World · Demonstration
Passport-free travel across a stretch of the EU is fraying at the edges, not from a single crisis but from a string of smaller ones. What's actually driving it.
BriefLookout · 6 Aug 2026 · 6 min read