We start today’s double podcast assessing the Platinum market and the role China is playing that is currently creating physical shortages in the West. We then move onto tariffs and what Trump’s imminent threat top impose additional tariffs on countries importing Russian oil will mean for the US itself and with that in mind we also assess why the US economy is indeed being impacted negatively by the implementation of tariffs by Washington. We then move onto developments in space and why the US is losing control of that arena to Russia and we conclude by assessing Russia walking away from the INF treaty means for NATO countries.