$80bn unforeseen economic crisis set to hit
If you thought the Suez blockage was bad for world trade, you ain’t seen nothing yet. A new shortage is looming and Australia is underprepared.
Business
by Benedict Brook
17th Apr 2021 11:09 AM
The blockage of the Suez Canal by the container ship Ever Given is estimated to have cost the global economy some $13 billion.
The Egyptian Government wants a billion dollars from the ship's owners just for the trouble it caused.
This time the item threatening financial upheaval is as small as its impact is large and could make the Suez blockage will be a mere drop in the ocean, or rather, canal.