Episode Description: In today’s satirical spin of the globe, we cover a whirlwind of escalating trade tensions, diplomatic no-shows, and jittery markets. President Trump throws 30% tariffs at the EU and Mexico while slapping Canada with 35% duties — because why not make it a hat trick? Meanwhile, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent skips the G20 for the Osaka Expo, leaving international diplomacy on read.

We also check in on the Gulf markets, holding their collective breath as investors pray for fewer surprise tweets. All that, plus a closer look at how these tariff threats are shaking (and breaking) global supply chains.

Tune in for sharp insight, global headlines, and just the right amount of sarcastic seasoning.

🎧 Segments Include:

• EU pauses, Trump escalates

• Mexico fumes, tariffs loom

• Gulf stock markets: Calm or catatonic?

• Diplomacy vs. Expositions: The G20 saga

• EditorialCartoonsAI: Today’s satirical sketch in words

In today's episode of Global Dispatch, we spin through a world that's literally turning faster — Earth just clocked its shortest day ever, and humans are scrambling to keep up.

President Trump throws another trade grenade, this time detonating a 50% tariff bomb on Brazil, while China’s factory prices plummet under pressure from sluggish global demand and ongoing U.S. spats. Over in South Africa, the U.S. Treasury Secretary ghosts the G20, choosing sushi over summitry.

Meanwhile, Trump and Putin trade insults like WWE rivals, NATO nervously watches, and heatwaves across Europe claim over 2,300 lives, proving climate change isn’t just hot air. Oh — and scientists are seriously considering subtracting a second from your future clocks. Because, sure, that’ll help.

If you like your world news served with a shot of satire, a pinch of panic, and a side of geopolitics, this episode's for you.

🎧 Tune in. Time’s literally running out.

In today’s fast-spinning episode of Global Briefed & Barely Surviving, we cover the whirlwind of madness circling July 9, 2025:

• 🌍 Earth spun its fastest — today was officially the shortest day ever, shaving off 1.6 milliseconds. Blink and you missed it.

• 🔥 Europe melted — with 2,300 deaths from extreme heat, climate change now officially hotter than the markets.

• ⚔️ Putin vs. Trump heats up, with verbal grenades and a Patriot missile shipment tossed in for fun.

• 🏭 China’s factories fall deeper into deflation, tariffs biting harder than ever.

• 📉 Markets are emotionally checked out, but still technically alive.

• 🧑‍💼 G20 gets ghosted — U.S. Treasury boss ditches for the Osaka Expo, because anime > economics.

• 🧂 Trump’s copper & pharma tariff threats cause global financial indigestion.

• 💬 And in case you forgot, yes, we’re still waiting for a “negative leap second” to balance out this chaos.

Grab your favorite overpriced coffee and join us as we laugh through the headlines — because if the world’s going to spin out, we might as well narrate it.