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Cotton futures are under modest pressure this session, slipping one to twenty-six points across the front months as a weaker dollar and crude oil pulling back more than two dollars to ninety-three seventy-seven weigh on sentiment. Export commitments sitting two percent below prior levels aren't offering the bulls much to work with either.
Shifting from commodities to geopolitics, Russia's Economy Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov made a striking admission at a business conference last week, telling attendees plainly that the economy is, quote, not easy, and that reserves have largely been used up. Years of military spending have tightened the labor market severely, and with GDP shrinking, at least one communist lawmaker is now invoking the specter of nineteen seventeen. That is a signal worth watching closely.
On the diplomatic front, the White House has pulled back a planned envoy mission to Pakistan, where special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had been expected Saturday for Iran war negotiations. President Trump's message was blunt — if Tehran wants to talk, they can pick up the phone. That posture suggests Washington is comfortable letting pressure build rather than chasing a deal.
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