MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - US Daily Brief 04-04-23

Executive Summary:

• Former President Donald Trump will turn himself in to the Manhattan District Attorney today. We have a breakdown of how the events are expected to play out.
• The EU and US have pledged to “directly confront” all efforts to destabilise energy markets following a meeting of the EU-US Energy Council in Brussels.
• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken: “In 2022, the United States exported 56 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas to Europe: that is 40 percent of Europe’s total imports..."
• Biden Administration officials have huddled with European and Israeli counterparts to discuss an interim agreement to restrain Iran’s nuclear programme.
• A controversial decision by the Biden Administration to open a loophole for allies to access Inflation Reduction Act funds may be on the agenda when USTR Tai meets virtually with G7 trade ministers today.
• House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will meet Taiwan President Tsai ing-Wen in California on Wednesday as Tsai completes the second leg of her 'transit' through the United States.
• Poll of the Day: The political fallout from Trump’s legal problems could reach beyond his own candidacy.

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