these strikes work? britain s defence ministry already says the strikes have already affected their ability to threaten merchant shipping. the real risk is that the conflict in gaza will escalate throughout the red sea region. that could affect the price of oil and the price of good, even further, because of shipping lanes in the region. so far the houthi have attacked 27 sheets to date disrupting commerce on a key route between europe and asia. that accounts for about 15% of the world s shipping traffic. the boss of a shipping giant, maersk, has said why it is so important to global trade. it is so important to global trade. , ., ., trade. it is an important artery of trade. it is an important artery of global- trade. it is an important artery of global trade i trade. it is an important l artery of global trade and having artery of global trade and having to regrout all of the cargo having to regrout all of the cargo now south of the cape of good cargo now south of t
the boss of shipping giant maersk has told the bbc why the waterway is so important to global trade. our intention back to tylenol. one of the first things the winning party will need to deal with after the election, is to answer this question how to deal with china? in the lead up to the polls, the world s second largest economy has warned of the extreme danger of electing a frontrunner from the ruling democratic progressive party, while the opposition kuomintang is viewed as being more friendly with beijing. china taiwan s biggest trading partner, also claims the self ruled island as part of its own territory. for clues on how this will play out after the weekend s results let s bring in lev nachman assistant professor in political science at the local national chengchi university. do you see any electoral outcome that would change china by xhaka there is the us? if they can see when the election there is a reset chance of dialectic between taiwan and the prc. it wi
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