Gary Shilling joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the reason commodities, especially copper, are good leading indicators of the direction of the global economy.

Gary Shilling joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while a recession isn’t imminent, there are factors that are trending toward a slowdown in the global economy that could impact the U.S.

Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how insulated the three North American countries can be in the case of a global recession.

Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the things that could cause the 2019 economy to decline, including a continued drop in the economies of our trading partners, like the E.U.

George Magnus joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the dynamics at play in the trade negotiations between China and the U.S., including which side has more internal support.

George Magnus joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the reasons China has more to fear from its own internal challenges than it does from outside, which gives leverage to outside trade negotiators, like Trump.

Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report on China’s “Trophy infrastructure” strategy of financing the build out of crumpling or non-existent infrastructure of third world countries, and why this could become a negative instead of an advantage.

Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the reasons why China’s internal issues could cause them to be more of a threat to themselves than to the U.S., and in this case, time is on our side.

Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report that the current geopolitical conditions as well as those inside of China, are increasing the likelihood that President Trump will be able to negotiate a trade deal with China.

Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while Trump’s strategy to renegotiate trade deals around the world is overdue and necessary, he does think a more focused approach than tariffs would be more effective.