David McHugh
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PoliticsIran is setting up an agency to tax ships passing through Hormuz even as it negotiates a peace deal
By Adam Schreck, David McHugh, Russ Bynum and The Associated PressMay 7, 2026
EnergyCargo ship crews face attacks waiting the Gulf as Trump pauses two-day-old project to ‘guide’ ships
By Mae Anderson, David McHugh and The Associated PressMay 6, 2026
By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, David McHugh and The Associated PressApril 25, 2026
EnergyFirst, Iran and Hormuz, second, China and Taiwan? The dangerous implications of a tollbooth on the open sea
By David McHugh, John Leicester and The Associated PressApril 9, 2026
EnergyTrump’s big accomplishment in Iran is ‘de facto ‘toll booth’ regime’ in the Strait of Hormuz, shipping analyst says
By David McHugh, Jon Gambrell and The Associated PressMarch 27, 2026
By Elaine Kurtenbach, David McHugh and The Associated PressMarch 19, 2026
EnergyU.S. lifts sanctions on Russian oil already loaded onto tankers, equal to 5-6 days’ worth of normal shipments through the Strait of Hormuz
By David McHugh and The Associated PressMarch 14, 2026
By David McHugh and The Associated PressMarch 2, 2026
EconomyIMF chief sees global GDP growth as ‘beautiful but not enough’ to handle ‘the debt that is hanging around our necks’
By David McHugh, Jamey Keaten and The Associated PressJanuary 23, 2026
EconomyEconomist awarded Nobel prize before his morning coffee or walking his dog: ‘I had no clue that anything like this was going to happen’
By Kostya Manenkov, Christopher Rugaber, Mike Corder, David McHugh and The Associated PressOctober 13, 2025
Economy‘I guess there will be some amendments’: EU trade negotiator is having second thoughts about deal with Trump
By David McHugh and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2025
GlobalTrump may want you to pay a high tariff for that French wine you enjoy so much. He just left the category blank in his deal sheet with the EU
By Sam McNeil, David McHugh, Fatima Hussein and The Associated PressAugust 21, 2025
By David McHugh and The Associated PressJuly 30, 2025
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