December 9, 2025
NVDA: Blackwell’s to China?
Yesterday’s announcement by the White House to allow Nvidia (NVDA to sell the H200 chip to China reinforces our view that there’s an out of consensus 40-50% probability that NVDA could sell the more advanced…
December 3, 2025
(NVDA, AMD, V, MA, WMT, TGT, HD) NDAA Update: Tech and Credit Card Amendments Unlikely to Survive
We continue to expect that three of the most material non-defense-related items that some members of Congress hoped to include in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will not make the final cut. Those amendments are: GAIN…
December 1, 2025
Capitol Policy Weekly: Farm Aid, the GAIN AI Act, U.S.-Canada Trade, Russia-Ukraine and a Tennessee Special Election
Congress returns to Washington this week, with little on the formal legislative agenda likely to move markets. Still, investors should keep an eye on the following developments: A potential Trump administration farm aid announcement. Progress…
November 6, 2025
(NVDA) Nvidia’s Blackwell Chips and the China Trade Outlook
With Nvidia (NVDA) exports to China once again making headlines, we see roughly a 40–50% probability that the company will be permitted to export China-specific versions of its Blackwell chips as early as next year. …
October 29, 2025
Trade and Tariff Conference Call Takeaways
With President Trump in Asia and trade agreements expected between the U.S. and various countries, including at least a narrow deal with China, we held a conference call yesterday with trade expert Dr. Derek Scissors. …
September 10, 2025
Trade Potpourri: IEEPA, GOOG and the EU, China and India and the GAIN AI Act (NVDA, AMD)
Below our are thoughts on the following recent trade issue developments: The U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court ruling invalidating the president’s reciprocal and fentanyl tariffs under…
July 8, 2025
Trade and Tariff Conference Call Takeaway
We provide our takeaways from a trade and tariff conference call we hosted last week considering tomorrow’s expiration of President Trump’s 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs, though the effective rates have been pushed to August…
June 9, 2025
Capitol Policy Weekly: June 9-June 13: Reciliation, Trade (NVDA), Stablecoins (CRCL), and Rescissions
The big news we expect out of Washington this week, with Congress in session, includes: A release by the Senate Finance Committee of its tax, Medicaid, and perhaps Medicare mark for the reconciliation bill….