S&P Global Platts President Martin Fraenkel highlights key trends impacting commodity markets in 2017 and revisits some of the themes highlighted in his previous outlook, focusing on oil, LNG, metals and renewables.
There were key elections in Europe in H1, policy changes and new tensions in the Middle East and elsewhere. Protectionism and inward-looking policies, already rising in 2016, are becoming mainstream in several regions. So far, the impact of these has often lasted just days, but some could become entrenched.