Welcome to this Methanol Market Puts-and-Takes podcast episode, part of the Chemical Conversations series. 

In this episode, Argus Global Methanol Consultant Dave McCaskill and Senior Analyst Cassidy Staggers discuss the following:

• Market outlook and pricing trends for Q2
•   Tariffs – how do they effect methanol and derivatives
•   Reflection on IMO’s new proposed framework

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Listen to our three-part podcast series looking into the outlook of the European diesel market in 2025.

In this part two, our market experts - Benedict George (Deputy Editor - European Products) and George Maher-Bonnett (Market Reporter – European Products) - discuss what the landscape for diesel import supply in Europe is likely to look like:

• A rundown of the impact Russian sanctions have had on shifting diesel trade flows across the globe • With the inflow of excess US diesel, following US' lose of it's Brazilian export market to Russia, how much pressure will that put on European diesel prices? • The role the Dangote refinery could play in transforming the European diesel market • And much more

Hear Argus’ analysis of how freshly announced tariffs on Chinese-built ships could affect US fertilizer imports, how generalized import tariffs have already affected the US fertilizer market and what could possibly be coming in the next few weeks. Join Taylor Zavala, Deputy Editor - Phosphates, Potash and Calder Jett, Editor - North American Fertilizer, as they discuss these topics in the latest episode of Argus' Fertilizer Matters podcast series.

Key topics covered in the podcast:

• New Chinese ship tariffs - implications on US fertilizer imports
• Review of the changes in import tariff policies
• Effect of tariffs on US potash and phosphate markets
• US Urea, UAN and ammonium sulphate tariff implications
• Tariffs threatening summer/fall imports and resupply
• Impact of tariffs on US urea imports for April, May

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• More information: Argus fertilizer market intelligence services
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• Fertilizer Matters podcast series